It’s Suicide Prevention Day: Read this excerpt from ‘The Forest’

Today is World Suicide Prevention Day today. The suicide of a loved one makes loved ones feel powerless, confused, speechless, paralyzed. You want to do something, but you feel empowered to do … nothing. I feel a natural urge to act out against doing nothing. So here is my … something. I present to you… Continue reading It’s Suicide Prevention Day: Read this excerpt from ‘The Forest’

Short story: “-30-“

From the “Recurring Dreams” series   By John Moore   -30-     That’s the international copy-editing symbol for “end of story,” and when Ralph Moore silently pushed those buttons on his cursedly modern laptop computer keyboard, the grizzled old newspaper reporter savored the thrill. Though the final dash was hardly the sensuous clack of a… Continue reading Short story: “-30-“