if you draw butterflies on your wrists, they’ll come alive while you sleep and fly away into the night and flutter like sprites. they will …
Cloisters by Harnidh Kaur
The day after I died, I woke up with a knot in my throat, a rising crescendo of goodbyes that reminded me of the last …
Wishbone by Martina Dominique Dansereau
Inspired by “Wishbone” by Richard Siken. “Wishbone” was previously published in Oddball Magazine. You are talking about your ex-boyfriend and I am telling you about …
Untitled by Shahlaa Yasmin
Alanna Cross was twelve. When twelve was the age of long division She hurt her wrist through incision When twelve was the age of pushing …
Daily Routine by Martina Dominique Dansereau
Suicide lives with me. She sleeps in the same room, kicks her laundry under my desk, and leaves her dirty dishes beside my bed for …
I Stopped Wishing I Was Dead by Keren Chelsea
november has gone: thirty days passed by and i’m still striving. my hands no longer shake from the tragedy inside my lungs but it is …
The Thing About Masks by Ashley Zhang
The thing about masks — ………………..(Rachel realizes as she blindly searches for privacy before her own crumbles to dust in front of a live audience) …
Dear Hope: A Mental Health Blog That’s Transforming Lives Through Personal Stories and Photography
While browsing through the blog Dear Hope, you’d never know that it was created for a class assignment. The blog hosts creative writing, informative articles, …
Writing as an Outlet: An Interview with Tonya Ingram
Depression can sneak up behind you silently, encompass you, drown you, all the while you’re crying on your bedroom floor thinking, What the hell is …