Day 4: Mental Health Unit, Providence Hospital, Anchorage by KB Imle

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Day 4: Mental Health Unit, Providence Hospital, Anchorage by KB Imle

She says she’s got Borderline Personality Disorder. That’s like the worst thing you can have, worse than Bipolar. I feel better being around her because suddenl...

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No Loss of Life by Jennifer Fliss

“Do you want me to shoot myself?” My father asked me, thick metal in his thick hand—loaded, I knew. It was always loaded. After one or two drinks, the gun was d...

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Pistol Shooting Basics by Krista Hanley

I thought about Columbine. About thirteen dead, two killers, and me, seventeen-year-old me, crouched on the floor of the cafeteria while two of my friends gunne...

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Every Possible Scenario by Elsa Valmidiano

The Second Amendment doesn’t cross your mind as Girlfriend 2 shakes and cries....