The metal chair was bolted to the floor. A chain wrapped around my chest and lower body, securing me like a package. My strength ebbed away like a slow tide returning to sea. Naked, I shivered from cold and fright, focusing on the latter. My left hand slightly restrained provided enough freedom to find the button that pumped drugs into…
Author: Darnell Cureton
Burnham’s Hair Tells Her Story
This page is dedicated to Sonequa Martin-Green, the first woman of color to play the lead in a Star Trek Franchise. Each month I will explore things about the fascinating character they call Michael Burnham. From my perspective, Michael Burnham, in the years before she joined Star Fleet, did not embrace her human individuality as a woman while on Vulcan.…
Allie and Bea – by Catherine Ryan Hyde
Lets talk about “Allie and Bea”, Catherine Ryan Hyde’s best seller on Amazon. Bea, a senior, loses what little she has after falling for a telephone scam. Unable to pay for her trailer home, she sets off on the road in an old converted pastry van. (she converted, no skills) At the same time, fifteen year old i-Generation Allie, is…
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