Tossing and turning with darkness and melancholy on my chest, I rolled out of bed and dressed slowly. It was girls; it was my sister; it was an oppressive home and a bone-deep sadness that held back sleep, but it was also a calling. Something from far away was calling. A yearning, a need, a… Continue reading The Leviathan of Devil’s Elbow
Month: January 2017
The Friday 13 with Karen Morral
Karen Morral has been creative for much of her life: writing, drawing, painting, taking photographs and developing a professional career in Architecture. She revels in exploring place, and multi-sensory experiences, particularly using smell in her writing, and tactile subjects in her photography. Morral’s writing is varied, predominantly fantasy with characters thrust into high drama scenarios.… Continue reading The Friday 13 with Karen Morral
Tapping the Beast
You have to understand, he was my world back then. His name was D, and he was my best friend. I had grown up a mongrel, always hated and misunderstood, friendless, and begging for people to be nice to me, begging for anyone to hang out with me. I was reviled and abused by my… Continue reading Tapping the Beast
The Friday 13 with Robert Krenzel
A New Jersey native currently living in the Kansas City area, Robert “Bob” Krenzel is a retired Army officer and a veteran of the Balkans, Iraq, and Afghanistan. He is a happily married father of two, whose time is mostly spent sharing his children’s activities or tending to a dog and a small herd of… Continue reading The Friday 13 with Robert Krenzel