A place for stories about chronic illness, disability, mental health, and neurodivergence.
No one understands why eighty-three-year-old Edna Fisher is the Chosen One, but Edna, armed with only gumption and knitting needles, leaps at the chance to leave the nursing home. We spoke with author E.M. Anderson about The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher, mental health and invisible illness representation, and American white pelicans.
Olive Joshi has messed up big time. When she falls through a portal into her own abandoned story, Olive finds double suns scorching the earth, a brutal prince seeking power, and her heroine missing. We spoke with author Bridgette Dutta Portman about The Coseema Saga, the third book of which is out now.
When twenty-three-year-old surly (and slightly tipsy) Frankie finds her hag of a grandmother dead on the sofa, her best friend Ben introduces her to the magical underbelly of Aspen Ridge, Utah. We spoke to debut author Camri Kohler about her horrifying urban fantasy novel, Peachy.
Does your anxiety stick to you, like glitter or sand? In their new poem, Staying Sparkly, Sojourner “Hughes” Davidson details their relationship with anxiety and how closely it adheres to their skin, however often they try to wash it away.
Sometimes, all we need is a little help, even if that help comes from an unexpected source. Author Amanda Cessor shares with us a fantastical short story about her very real experience with ADHD, anxiety, and depression.
Twenty-two-year-old Juniper Harlow has always struggled with social anxiety. Oleander Ambrose, her parents’ ward and fellow witch, is an exception to this rule until he returns from a rite of passage older and now seemingly a stranger.