SmashPunk!

Targeted. Trafficked. Triumphant. From the ashes to… action The backpack she carried felt like the weight of the world as she lumbered up the stairs. Wooden steps, thinly covered with carpet old and worn to the point that its once visible pattern was now indistinguishable, creaked. Normally a quaint, comforting sound today went unnoticed. Sighing … Continue reading SmashPunk!

An Unhindered Heart

I would have recognized it anywhere.  The envelope was decorative, appropriate to the season and might have been from anyone, but the handwriting as familiar to me as my own. The red almost looked like a traffic signal flashing and had been taunting me from the breakfast bar between my kitchen and living space for … Continue reading An Unhindered Heart