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A woman is being driven home from a faculty party by her husband. She has done something wrong, although it takes him several minutes to explain what: the pause before she said his name when she introduced him, which he demonstrates by stretching it out, longer and longer. She apologises. And she apologises again. The […]

An introspective memoir about life’s setbacks, successes, and the moments that define us Beyond the Veil is a deeply honest memoir that invites readers not only to pause but also to look back and reflect on their own life experiences. It encourages them to consider the struggles, choices, relationships, and defining moments that have shaped […]

In the wings of a literary festival, a sound technician is feeding a flesh-coloured cable up the back of a novelist’s dress. The cable is far too long. The battery pack slips, drops, and swings towards the floor, so she ends up kneeling at the author’s feet to retrieve it while the author looks past […]

Surrealism and existentialism mix into a straightforward humor story which speaks to the problems of today. One in five adults in the United States has been told by a healthcare professional that they have depression, according to the CDC, and the numbers keep worsening for the younger demographics. Depression will continue to find expression in […]

A poignant reflection on parental absence and how deep a wound can go What does it do to a man to be raised without a father? For some, it leaves them feeling lost forever, waiting for something that won’t return and searching for it in all the wrong places. For others, it becomes the catalyst […]

A twenty-two-year-old drama student goes to a brunch meeting at a producer’s house in the Hollywood Hills. Her agent set it up. It turns out there are no other actors there. She gets out, eventually, and comes back and sits at a kitchen table with two women she barely knows and explains what he did […]