Written by Lou Turnbull (2022) In. Out. It’ll be fine. It’ll definitely be fine. She would come around and we’ll be okay, right? In. Out. She still loves you. She just needs time to come around. It’s a big thing, and you know change isn’t an easy thing for anyone in this family. In. Out.…

Written By Lou Turnbull (2022) How he wished to run. How he wished to sprint down the street at a godawful hour in the morning, screaming at the top of his lungs. How he wished to bolt through crowds, barging past people unapologetically, not caring about the profanities screamed at him. How he wished he…

Written by Lou Turnbull (2022) “Dear Diary, Y’know, I always thought more people would pay attention to my scar. It wasn’t like it was hidden from anyone, the misshapen healed flesh scoring a permanent line from my brow to my jaw. When the scar first healed over, my parents warned me that people in the…

Written By Lou Turnbull (2022) Their footsteps were limp, almost waterlogged with despair. Heavy footfalls echoed across the town square, the sound bouncing off the worn dirt roads and the rickety wooden buildings like a gruesome final boarding call. “For the act of Conspiracy against the Crown, Piracy, or Aiding and Abetting a Pirate, you…