This piece is in the form, "Child as the narrator" It is an actual memory from when I was around 20 months old (the mid-1970s).

Creative Non-Fiction: A descriptive account of my observations and experiences -with and without music- while walking on a nature trail near my home.1st Place Winner-Short Story Literary Contest-San Mateo County Fair-2018

I'm stuck in this house, trapped in this life.I spend each day cooking and cleaning, utterly dependent on my alcoholic mother and my crazy boyfriend. With each day that passes, I feel more and more hopeless, and I'm scared this cycle of misery will never end.My father abused my mother, and now my boyfriend is abusing me. Do I accept this as my fate? Or is the universe trying to show me another way?If you liked the suspense of Sleeping with the Enemy by Nancy Price o...

Dusk is a short story about a young mother trying to view the sunset and how quickly her plans change when she comes across a drunk, his dog, a truck driver and the dead. Featured in "Carry the Light" Vol. 2 (2013).