Table of Contents — “Strangling Heartstrings” is the second in Valheim’s prose memoir trilogy, dubbed the Bleeding Heart series. Upon the full trilogy’s release, they will be available on Amazon and linked to one another for easy navigation. “Heart-Shaped Hands” is already published and ready for purchase. All the prose excerpts released here on…

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Prose from TSHF. — He roars when my fingers find their way to the thorn in his side, teeth bared in my face, fresh anguish as if the wound were new and I’ve just stuck it there myself; like it hasn’t been a permanent accessory of his these last few years and it hurts more, now, because I’ve betrayed him by addressing…

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Prose from TSHF. — Some birds with broken wings don’t need much. Bandage them up, scatter some seed, let them rebuild their tender muscles and all you have to do is open the window and say goodbye. But what of the birds that have forgotten to fly? What of the bird that doesn’t wait…