“Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t.”

—Mark Twain

STRANGER THAN

FICTION

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Real-World Experiences, inside and out.

Nature Writing
Travel Writing / Global Voices
Incredible Stories

Heroic Memoirs
Real-Life Crime Stories
Animal Stories

Tales of Survival
Biography
Historical

Food Writing
Inner Discovery
Other

The Split Mind of Postpartum Depression

by Laura G. Owens | May 8, 2021

(Originally appeared April 2018 in Motherwell. To check it out and more, click here.)In a quiet, distant voice I tell my husband Mark that I want to...

Shamed by Zoom

by Tatiana Androsov | Apr 1, 2021

There are some unexpectedly comforting things about the Coronavirus semi-lockdown. One is the growing ability to attend meetings across the ocean...

COVID-19 Therapy Cuisine

by Ellen Sweets | Mar 16, 2021

These days, when tired of reading, writing, calling, and binge watching, I turn to the kitchen. But when I do cook, I do not bake. I’m one of those...

The Value of Accountability

by Jim McGarrah | Mar 12, 2021

It was Halloween and 1961. The stars aligned over America to make a Catholic man named Kennedy president and put Alan Shepard in space. Elsewhere,...

Why I Never Had Babies

by Marcia Smith | Mar 10, 2021

I started babysitting when I was in the 7th grade. I sat with older children, though truthfully, there wasn’t much sitting involved. I mostly played...