He had suffered great abuse as a child, and while his was not an easy story to share, he was nearly finished writing his memoir. He had come to an open mic event for writers. The evening began with a potluck meal and casual conversation before the sharing began.

He began reading about himself as […]

One of her gloves was missing. She searched her car, checked the house, and even called the last home she had been in the previous day asking if she might have left a glove. She distinctly remembered having put both of her gloves, along with her hat, into the basket on the shelf in […]

Late one Friday night, a mother’s car slid into an icy river. Fourteen hours later a fisherman spotted the car and called the authorities.

When the rescue workers arrived at the scene, they heard a voice (not a child’s voice) calling “Help me” from inside the car. They found the mother’s body in the […]