Posted on November 14, 2020
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It was just past eight in the morning. When I came to terms with the fact Dave really hadn’t come home, I sat up in bed. I looked around my room which was painted an awful blue that he had picked when our house… Continue Reading “Dave was that kind of guy….”
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Posted on September 26, 2020
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The day I was born my mother sent me naked screaming into the world. Hurling towards a pinpoint of light from between her legs, that I would spend the entirety of my forty-two years chasing and failing to reach. Till one day, over a… Continue Reading “Blood in the sand…”
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I wake up I piss I shower I drink a cup of coffee and light a smoke at the sink. I brush my teeth for at least twenty minutes to get the taste of semen out of my mouth from the night before. Still… Continue Reading “A cup of coffee and a smoke”
Category: Rape Survivor, sexual abuse, UncategorizedTags: addiction, authors, blogging, books, coffee, domestic abuse, domestic violence, drugs, hotels, infidelity, literary agent, murder, pain killers, prostitution, publishing, rape, sex, survivor, travel, womens rights, writers
Posted on January 6, 2019
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The setting sun was on my face and the air was heavy with burnt wood and laughter. It was late fall as I sat nuzzled against a boy on a picnic bench next to a bonfire. A boy just a few years older than… Continue Reading “What boys do: Excerpt Chp. 15”
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The Devil You know 