7 confessions of a “sexual deviant” & countdown to its fallout
4,150 words I deviate from many sexual norms. But not in the way you may think. I live an irony of ironies. While having little to no...
Transcending incredible amounts of pain since 1993
1,210 words Pain exists to report trouble. Removing trouble removes pain. Life has been much easier for me since learning that back in...
What Prison Is Like
| #026 | EXPRESSION > war stories | 662 words | The first two years of prison were the most difficult for me. The next day it suddenly...
Putting Mother Nature to Rest
| #024 | EXPRESSION > war stories > humor | 503 words | Doing time involves a lot of adjusting. Not only for the prisoners and their...
Befriending Pain In a Most Unlikely Place
| #017 | EXPRESSION > war stories > | 1,106 words | Is pain necessarily a bad thing? Do you regard pain as some foe to be avoided or...
When Innocence Was All I Had
| #012 | EXPRESSION > war stories | 393 words | "Whatever doesn't kill me makes me stronger," is a common prisoner motif. Once tested,...
Putting Out Fires
| #009 | EXPRESSION > war stories | 814 words | Deviants against deviants Like Andy Dufresne in the Shawshank Redemption, I sat quietly...
