A place for stories about chronic illness, disability, mental health, and neurodivergence.
mental health is health
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Mandy Beattie’s poetry’s been published in Poets Republic, Drawn to The Light, Lothlorien, Ink, and now, Knee Brace Press!
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“Now you can’t help thinking that the first call being made is to order beer. You look up at Jerry, knowing you should say something, then look down helplessly at all these pieces of the disassembled frame as if they are parts of a puzzle you know in your heart won’t fit together.”
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We spoke to award-winning author Etaf Rum about her latest book, Evil Eye, and her 2019 debut, A Woman Is No Man. In this interview, we discussed mental health, writing as therapy, and Rum’s future plans.
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In her poem, Sarah Steinbacher writes about medical gaslighting, invisible disabilities, and the link between mental and physical health.
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Renown romance author Mariah Ankenman is back with Perfect Imperfections, a swoon-worthy romance with important representation.
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In All Water Has Perfect Memory, debut author Nada Samih-Rotondo explores themes of intergenerational trauma, the impact of war, and the familial ties we can never escape.
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“He squats undercover/beneath unlit lintels, mantles, dust mites/spores.” Poet Mandy Beattie writes about the trauma of war in her first poem for Knee Brace Press, Stuck on That Ledge.
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In her forthcoming YA horror debut, Bleak Falls, author Shauna C. Highcroft writes about bodily autonomy and the horror that comes from having that stripped away.
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We spoke with Matthew Arnold Stern, author of The Remainders, about mental health, masculinity, and his future plans for his writing.
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“I resent being 34 with no sense of self/beyond the trail of burned bridges,/broken trust,/and unfinished dreams.”