An Extremely Grim Fairy Tale
Warning: contains scenes of torture. Reader discretion is advised."The King sentences you to be put in a barrel studded with nails and rolled down Palace Hill. So it is written, so it is read, so it shall be done ( Read more... )

Waking the Spirits
Warning: contains scenes of child abuse and implied molestation. Reader discretion is advised.

"Did that doorbell just ring itself ( Read more... )

The Resolute Girl: A Tale of Rural North CarolinaSet the scene: a girl about thirteen sitting on a large rock on the side of the wagon track while a red-brown cow nibbles at the grass growing between the ruts. The girl is wearing a faded blue calico dress and her feet are bare. The cow is wearing a halter rope. Judging by the dust on the girl's ( Read more... )

I used to have ambition and motivation. Up until this past spring, that is. Then it all kind of went away ( Read more... )