Stories tagged “schizophrenic”
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Emotional Amazonian
She was amazonian in build. We spent hours in front of Bonanza, she lacing yarn through plastic cards and I counting my cross stitches, surrounded by shelved unicorns. Today when I arrived she was fresh from a bath, and demanded we go shopping. “...
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Innocent
It wasn’t me. I didn’t do it. I’m innocent. It was him. But how could they know that? I had never told anyone about him. As the lawyers went back and forth, spouting half-truths meant to blind and prejudice the jury, I retreated into ...
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Whispers in the Dark.
The sensation of being pulled from reality was unnerving. He couldn’t help how scared he was. The brown paper sack lay next to his hand, ready to be used. He tried to breathe, the oxygen failing to reach his lungs. Panic shook his limbs as he sn...