Salute stupidity, being incapable, and insanity: Be a lima bean… Be a weed
I exist as a testimony to stupidity. I am incapable, and I will never succeed. I am a shining example of what it means to…
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The Price of Hilda
Heikki sat at the end of the Christmas dinner table, the place Hilda called “the seat of honour”: a ridiculous idea of what it meant…
“Burnt Chicken”
It was an accident, I told myself. And I keep telling myself that, as if saying it over and over would make it true. But…
“Burnt Chicken” (original)
It was an accident, I told myself. And I keep telling myself that, as if saying it over and over again would make it true.…
Put Her Down
The first time Jörgen and Malena used the threat was when Katja was ten. Qetesh must have been one year old; Katja had been nine…
We Were Only Children
We were dealt a shitty hand We should have been loved Then maybe we would have know how to love We… I should have looked…
What Can Be Done To Resist The Abuse Of Political Power?
This essay was written and entered into the 2022 Hubert Butler Essay Prize. Due to competition T&C, it could not be published until now but…
Escaping From Her Pain:My journey in and out of mental and emotional abuse
I could have walked away at any time. My friends encouraged, cajoled, threatened, and begged me to do so. One woman friend offered me sex…
Perfidious Paramour
The story that I am about to tell you is of a girl and a boy, of a man and a woman, of love and…
