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Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder . Top Story - June 2024.
INSANE journey of a book. In the very best of ways. I was afraid I wouldn’t be able to get into this book at first, put off by this idea of the literal transformation of the story’s human protagonist into a dog, but Rachel Yoder’s impeccable writing made her physical transformation just as poignant and as meaningful as her psychological one. The metaphor of Nightbitch’s transformation into a dog displays the animalistic side of motherhood, the side that can be ugly while being strangely beautiful, in all of its love and its violence. Motherhood is a complex, multi-faceted gift, and a curse, and a miracle.
By angela hepworth2 years ago in BookClub
Lethal Nightmare Fuel. Top Story - June 2024.
For Sandra Hawthorne, she was supposed to be just mere days away from what would be the happiest day in her life. For three years, Sandra had been dating the love of her life, Anthony Farley, and it was after all that time that Anthony popped the question. The proverbial knot was set to be tied after a year of planning, but instead of enjoying wedded bliss, Sandra had spent the last three days in the hospital.
By Clyde E. Dawkins2 years ago in Fiction
Morning Bliss. Top Story - June 2024.
Something pulls at me. The darkness no longer so dark, but a softer gray, a flutter of light. The feeling of skin against sheets is fleeting, quickly drowned out by the push of bone against muscle, of nerves once silent now screaming. Awareness is painful, every breath rattling my ribs and pushing my spine against its cord.
By Steph Ruff2 years ago in Petlife
How a Waiter's Question Unveiled My Hidden Schizophrenia Shame. Top Story - June 2024.
By the time I got to see a psychiatrist for PTSD, I thought a famous magician was stealing my thoughts. I’d tried to barricade my front door to stop people from getting in to kill me. I had no idea who these people were, but I was sure they worked for the government and wanted me dead.
By Leon Macfayden2 years ago in Psyche
The Window. Top Story - June 2024.
Like clockwork, the nightmare I desperately wanted to rid myself of every night, was back again. Alone in a room with a dim flickering light overhead, the silence deafening as I sat on the concrete floor. A small window on the wall in front of me, teasing the freedom I could have.
By Timberly Price2 years ago in Fiction
The Clock . Top Story - June 2024.
I'm standing in an ornate room, unable to account for how I got here. My gaze is fixed on the chiming grandfather clock in the corner. “Bong, bong, bong.” All at once I become aware of three things; I know this house, I’ve got to find the box, and time is slipping.
By Meagan Dion2 years ago in Fiction
Finding Ways To Multiply Success. Top Story - June 2024.
Help Change The World by Voting for Mr. Health and Fitness 2024! Read to the End to see How this Impacts The World! --- To have Success in Life, you have to be able to Achieve certain Results.
By H.E. Dr. Cody Dakota Wooten, COIE, DFM, DHM2 years ago in Journal
Shooting Guernica. Top Story - June 2024.
The summer of my photography internship, studying at the Escuela Universitaria de Artes in Madrid, was a blur of soaring architecture, echoing galleries, dimly lit clubs, darkrooms, and dark-eyed Spanish artists. I was serious about learning my craft--especially with my parents' educational fund running out--but I also wanted to have fun.
By Sonia Heidi Unruh2 years ago in Fiction
Waste Not, Want Not. Top Story - June 2024.
October winds carry chilled tidings over the lake's murky waters, promising a hard winter. Lillian stands on the shore, a colorful shawl wrapped tightly around her diminutive frame, head tilted upward, eyes closed in contemplative silence. Her tawny, yellowish-brown face is no longer etched with lines of worry but smooth; serene in the knowledge that another winter will pass her by unscathed.
By Kenny Penn2 years ago in Fiction
Desire for my chemistry teacher. Top Story - June 2024.
The title sounds pretty unappealing. But I have to say, my chemistry teacher in college was something different. I like how he was a young man who drank tea instead of coffee and had no belief in breakfast. When will you ever see a brainiac chemistry teacher who drinks tea instead of coffee and doesn't believe in breakfast!!
By Kodah2 years ago in Confessions
The Right Kind of Rejection. Top Story - June 2024.
I consider it a privilege that, as of writing this, seventy-two Vocal writers have subscribed to me, presumably because they liked my work enough that they would want to be notified if I'd published something new.
By Catherine Dorian2 years ago in Writers
