Content warning: child abuse. The Headmaster scolded him for burning and biting his skin, and all he could do was apologize to his stepmother. Later that night, Mum beat Aayan within an inch of his life for not wearing a long sleeve shirt in July. New research shows...
Content warning: racial slurs, violent imagery, miscarriage. On the Thursday Bowman and Carmen had a party, they ordered Sukhothai and Bowman made a playlist for the occasion. Twenty or twenty-five close friends: Yinka and Jasmine with their kids running about, Carrie...
Content warning: mental illness. With his throat the scene of an alien autopsy and anxiety washing over him in waves, James thought about the work he had to do to get another job and fund existence in an area once called the murder capital of Western Europe. Right on...
From the upstairs window, I see him appear. The young boy – running on legs as thin as matchsticks – comes into view at the end of the street. I at first wonder if I have fallen asleep at the easel; it is a thought I don’t consider unreasonable, given the number of...
Content warning: sexual assault, mental illness Suggi watched crows pick at a dying dog’s flesh. One pulled at the skin to stretch it while another pecked to cut. The dog’s guts spilled. Blood oozed. Nerves and clots pulsed outside Suggi’s cage. “They hate...
Content warning: explicit sexual content and swearing. “Mom, how did you actually meet dad?” I ask. She glances through the family photo album in my hands. “Margo, I’ve already told you. I nearly drowned in my three-day swim and he was the lifeguard who saved me,” she...
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