We found a gap in the wire. Someone had made it, that gaping hole in the wire, hoping to climb through, hoping to head towards the light, to leave the darkness behind, to escape the madness here, hoping, hoping. But the light became too bright. And now it’s blinding us. We can see less than […]
We Will Not Be Silenced – Lynn White
Men believe they can control and silence women through violence and unjust laws but the bodies of dead women continue to speak to us even when they can no longer form words of protest even when their hearts are no longer beating even as their blood pools on filthy basement floors they speak this is what […]
We Will Not Be Silenced – Georgiann Carlson
I cannot be broken twice but life is doing its damn best to bend me fold me into painful sharp origami shapes crane butterfly swan turtle frog dragon over and over deep creases form in my skin my muscles twist bones scream heart aches from compression soul cries mercy as I contort become unrecognizable fall […]
Origami
tu dois me croire. (you need to believe me) the teacher looks down at my 8-year-old handwriting i never could spell well in French it’s true she squints at the words, describing abuse like they are hard to understand then carefully, with her lips pursed, fingers suspended in air briefly like just before you begin […]
we will not be silenced – Candice Louisa Daquin
They are counted so says the news called “Cold Cases” found dead or gone missing all unsolved barely, or not investigated I remember how long ago someone (many?) defined “a good Indian” I wonder how many still agree enough to be unconcerned about these silenced voices ignoring the voices of their kin who are not […]
4,200 GOOD INDIANS? – Robert G. Wertzler
In honor of the publication of my third collection of poetry and prose, Darker Objects, it seems only fitting to host a Darker Objects Creativity Prompt Challenge for the month of October. It is an honor and a pleasure to post your prompt responses on Brave & Reckless. I welcome poetry, prose, flash fiction, creative […]
Darker Objects Creativity Prompt Challenge
Another PAD Challenge for those who are interested.
By Jessy Wallach, TIWP Student All readers are addicts chasing our initial high. No matter how much we read, no matter the story nor the genre, no book will ever match the wonders of our childhood tales. We forget now that it was not always a metaphor to say that stories are magic. Books came […]
Ink and Paper
Fae Corps Publishing 