More fiction from Richard Aubrey.
Fear & Courage
Why Steven Seagal Doesn’t Have Shit On My Dad
Heroism isn’t about victory, writes Travis Gasper. It’s about a will to survive.
Your Domestic Violence Awareness Campaign Probably Isn’t Helping Me
Why is it that the majority persists on making violence a gender issue? And how does showing that women can also be violent and abusive somehow soften the horror of any act of violence by a man?
Fear Less
Being fearless consists of much more than denying what you’re afraid of, Dan Griffin writes.
Confronting Myself
Staring into the darkness, Trent M. Kays is forced to reflect on who he really is.
Is Homophobia a ‘Phobia?’
What if straight men are more afraid of similarities than differences?
What If They Really, Really Don’t Like Me?
Marcus Williams knows what it’s like to hide from fear. Now he’s trying something different.
My Partisans
Some say you need a village to get over a divorce, Steven Axelrod writes, but he had something else.
How I Learned to Quit Hitch Hiking
You never know when two escaped convicts are gonna pick you up and try to teach you a lesson.
What if Love From Others Is Not Enough?
Carlo Alcos knows he needs to learn to love himself, but that doesn’t manke it any less frightening.
Why Fear Is Your Friend
Fear drives us toward the best opportunities, Dave Kaiser writes, so we need to embrace it.
The Trauma of Lost Love
The U.S. has left Iraq, but Iraq has not left one U.S. soldier, writes veteran Justin Cliburn.
From Very High Up
Ed Bull goes skydiving and lives to tell the tale.
Pulling Through
Tom Matlack remembers the year men’s crew at Wesleyan got serious about training. What happened next was life changing.
Happiness Can Be a BB Gun
Julie Gillis writes that sometimes the best way to learn from fear is to embrace it.
I Was Haunted By Fear That I’d Never Wake Up
Merv Kaufman confronts his worst fear while lying on a gurney.