Break From Reality. Daily.
This story is by Dorothy Al-Ghosien and was part of our 2017 Spring Writing Contest. You can find all the Spring Writing Contest stories here. Mikey grunted as another kick crashed into his ribs. It was all he could do. He couldn’t move his body anymore, much less protect what was probably another broken rib….
This story is by Dorothy Al-Ghosien and was part of our 2016 Winter Writing Contest. You can find all the Winter Writing Contest stories here. The sun shone too brightly as I walked toward the distant crowd. Trying to hold back tears, I stopped walking and sighed several deep breaths. I looked around at the…
by Dorothy Al-Ghosien “No, I’m not wrong! I’m not going to apologize!” I heard the drunken slur in my voice, and I heard my brother Jacob’s sigh, his usual I-know-there’s-nothing-I-can-do-to-change-your-mind sigh, an incredibly irritating and frustrating sigh because it usually means he’s right. I was lucid enough to know that, but buzzed enough to blow a…
