Klondike Jim: Chapter Five

The first thing to do, then, was to start a fire. Starting a fire to survive in the Alaskan wilderness is a primordial struggle, an encapsulation of the struggle of life itself. It occurs to me now that it would make for an exciting topic for a short story. The story could end with…

Scar Tissue (Synopsis)

“It’s like having an itch you can’t scratch.” — Amanda Keefe (“Scar Tissue”)

Those with addictions and anxiety disorders tend to have triggers — events that set them off on a path of self-destruction. Triggers range in size from the very obvious to the inane…