"Fogged" by Premnath Thirumalaisamy is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0

Rejection Letter for My Traumatic Brain Injury

Dear Traumatic Brain Injury (T.B.I.): Thank you for applying to the position of ‘what happened on Susan’s way home on May 5’ here at The Rest of Susan’s Life, Inc. We do really appreciate that you considered us, when we know there are a lot of places taking applications. We ... Read More
"Guilt" by h.koppdelaney is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0

Disfigured, 1995

He sits stooped in bed, scowling. “I look like a corpse.” Robert’s face and neck are disfigured from surgery and radiation. His body is bruised and bone skinny. A tracheostomy tube juts from his neck, a feeding tube from his belly. It is cancer; too many cigarettes for too many ... Read More