Stories tagged “Sender”

  • In Between Minds

    I am broken and my mind bleeds. If I’m lucky then no one notices or connects it to me. When my luck deserts me, things usually get violent. I always run first. I never wanted to learn how to fight but my feet were never fast enough. After years o...

  • In Between Minds: The Price

    The world swam before my eyes. I tried to remember what had happened last time- hallucinations? There was a part of myself locked away, trapped on the other side of the gulf inside my mind and I had just pushed it even further away. Reality fell apart....

  • In Between Minds: Thoughts of Safety

    Safe? I’d never been safe. My parents had watched, helpless as the cruel hand of the government had plucked me from my home and taken me to Camp 32. Despite assurances that we would be cared for by the best, the government did nothing to protect ...

  • In Between Minds: Cascade of Deceptions

    A blanket of snow covered the roof of the train car. There is no sign of anybody. It’s dangerous up here. I repeated the images over and over. By the time the officer’s hat peeked over the edge, he was breathing hard and glancing to the gro...

  • In Between Minds: Tide of Rage

    Panic and cursing followed my display of power. It was short-lived as one man snapped orders and the officer’s military conditioning kicked in. “Back up! Everybody back up! You two, climb those cars over there. On my signal shoot her. Thoug...

  • In Between Minds: Storm of Consequences

    I awoke to the rhythmic staccato of a moving train, and to a pair of voices. Soft-spoken, yet stern they discussed my future. My mouth tasted of blood and my head felt like someone had used it as a football. I didn’t think I was hallucinating- th...

  • In Between Minds: Moment of Renewal

    I had so many questions but the other voice didn’t respond to them. I didn’t know if it was ignoring me or gone. Was I getting crazier? Sometimes that happened to us. My stomach reminded me that food had been promised. I wanted to take a qu...

  • In Between Minds: Reverberations

    Walking was far from my favorite activity, it left me too much time to think about myself. At the time boredom was my greatest enemy. While I mechanically paralleled the tracks hoping that the next train would come soon, I poked, prodded and did tests ...