I watched my spaceship circling round and round when suddenly, it disappeared. My mother found me crying, shirt soaked, hand deep in the...

I answered the door to a draft of cold air and stifled a moan. He was dark, ugly, and far too big. Guilt moved to come in, but I blocked...

Some things are unforgivable, like my father yelling, almost screaming at me from age two. At age six, he began using his belt (and not...

I was being taunted by three bullies, all using that awful sing-song (what's-wrong-with-you) voice. I kept edging away, eyes on the...

A high-pitched barking suddenly shattered the quiet afternoon. The neighbor's new dog was yapping with a ridiculous ferocity. And it...