“Spiral” has more meanings than one for sixteen-year-old Madz Monroe, who quits skating only to be faced with a medical apocalypse. Scared of sharing her diagnosis, she hides herself and her illness from others, including her parents’ landscaper, her crush. The experience opens her eyes to a world of suffering while helping her discover the…
Category: Beth’s Fiction and Poetry
Zephyr
A tree stretches its branches toward the sky like a child reaching for her mother, crying to be held. Flying away from the weeping willow, a bird zips above leaves rolling across the lawn. They’re pushed by a zephyr stalking the yard for hungry breaths like those of the bird, who darted toward a window…