Getting To NO

I stared up at the drifting clouds remembering that sticky-hot cloudless day, steaming asphalt, the girl in the on her bike, screaming, cheering, my two-dollar bill waving outside the car window, skip-hop running, a marathon every day …never quitting, never stopping…only being stopped by the scariest word in the dictionary. I needed a word like that.

Janette Shipston Chan

Janette Shipston Chan grew up in Thunder Bay. She now lives in Toronto where she writes and occasionally blogs (brainsoup.blogblog.wordpress.com). Janette is currently writing a middle-grade fantasy inspired by a paragraph in ‘Travels in the Land of Kubilai Khan’ by Marco Polo who was most definitely a fabulist but told a great story.

Why Was the Child Victims Act Abandoned? A Voice for the Voiceless Fights Back

“She was 14 going on 35, and I never forced her.” I read the quote twice. It chafed at me like a scratchy thread sticking out on a sweater. You pull the strand, keep yanking, and pretty soon, the whole garment starts to unravel. I was sitting at my kitchen Read more

Nancy Levine

Nancy Levine is the author of the four-book series beginning with The Tao of Pug (Penguin) has just been released. She spent 30 years in corporate recruiting and human resources roles, starting at American Express Company. More recently, Nancy has devoted herself to advocacy efforts, working to eradicate child sexual abuse and amplifying the voices of survivors. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

To Anonymous A

I sat on the sofa, my back propped against paisley pillows, and my legs crossed at the ankles. My camel-colored clogs, the ones with the wooden heels that knock on the floorboards when I walk, hung from my feet over the square cushion’s corner. You, Anonymous A, sat across the Read more

Mary Wanser

Mary Wanser is a contributing author to the anthology My Other Ex: Women's True Stories of Losing and Leaving Friends and is currently revising for publication her memoir entitled Things I Wasn’t Supposed to Say. She earned her MFA from the University of Tampa. A Long Island native, Mary now lives where two rivers meet in Bradenton, Florida. Between tennis matches, she writes, edits, teaches, and accepts invitations to read her work publicly. Visit her at www.MaryWanser.com.