A place for stories about chronic illness, disability, mental health, and neurodivergence.
Artisan baker by trade, Alfredo Salvatore Arcilesi has been published in numerous literary journals. Winner of the Scribes Valley Short Story Writing Contest, he was a Pushcart Prize nominee, and twice nominated for Sundress Publications’ Best of the Net. In addition to several short pieces, he is currently working on his debut novel.
“And outside of this customary exchange, outside of this playground within a playground, Lucretia felt relief, for the little girl and boy had yet again successfully avoided recreating the history that had taken place there.”