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Weekly Contest #244
The pings coming from my phone had started to hurt my head. They felt overwhelming, like the whole world could see me hiding in my living room. I wanted to turn off my notifications, but I felt like I'd miss something big if I did. It's like my Twitter alerts held my future, and it would slip away if I didn't catch it fast enough. I'm not sure why this was stressing me out as much as it was. I should embrace the avalanche of social media while it was falling on me. I'd been posting my photography online for six years with little success. Wha...
Weekly Contest #217
Content warning: The story contains mention of substance abuse, domestic violence, and mental health For the first time in maybe four decades, I had let myself hope. The walls had come down, I looked the universe in the face and accepted that it was my turn. I’ve been alone for a long time. The vast majority of my sixty-eight years. A large part of myself has always felt undeserving like I'll never be able to make up for my past mistakes. I feel more foolish than ever for thinking that God had forgiven me and would finally ...
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