
Expectation vs. Reality
By Evelyn Benvie Artist statement: From my experience, when you have a chronic illness, everyone around you expects you to still just press on. Be the good little engine that could, …
Expectation vs. Reality Read Morewriting through chronic illness
By Evelyn Benvie Artist statement: From my experience, when you have a chronic illness, everyone around you expects you to still just press on. Be the good little engine that could, …
Expectation vs. Reality Read MoreBy Cade Leebron Call me Curly-Q for the swirled snake IV line spiraling out of my upper arm. Nothing perfect ever ends, or that’s a lie I’m okay hanging out …
Medusa in the Emergency Room Read MoreHi all! It’s Jay. I do a link roundup every Friday and this is the fifth one. If you encounter a link you think I might want to share, please …
Link Roundup: August 24th, 2018 Read MoreBy Sarah Boon I have a three-inch scar on my left forearm, winding thin and white across my yellow-brown skin. The dog who gave it to me, with his childlike …
Equifinality Read MoreBy Annie Wood Annie Wood created “Sugar, Sugar” (part of the “Sugar” series) using mixed media, including Diabetic test strips. Find her at anniewood.com, Instagram, twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest. Contact her …
Sugar, Sugar Read MoreBy Nicole Storey I was a blackbird for Halloween when those shapeshifters came out of the terraforming colony and explained that destiny is only a mile away from the gas …
Putting the Cart Before the Horse Read MoreHi all! It’s Jay. I plan on doing a link roundup every Friday and this is the fourth one. If you encounter a link you think I might want to …
Link Roundup: August 17th, 2018 Read Moreby Noah Kirby Water would be nice, you think. But the nurse wasn’t asking you, she was asking your father. He lies there dying of cancer, but all you can …
Ain’t That Somethin’ Read MoreBy Annalise Mabe Last September, my stomach began to ache in a new pain–a more severe pain than I’ve ever known. While I’ve had Crohn’s disease for ten years, I …
Mystery Diagnoses and The Big Sick Read Moreuntil doctors determine whether you’ll need more surgery, you’re going to crave big hunks of bread with butter, going to want to rip sticky meat from ribs, even though you …
The Next Time You’ll Be Told to Take Nothing by Mouth Read More