Category: Nonfiction

Everything you read in the nonfiction category is true. It may be rather mundane, but I promise it’s true. I haven’t lived a very exciting life, so a good question would be then why am I writing nonfiction? It’s not like I have any skydiving stories in which my parachute didn’t eject. The answer is, I have no idea.

Robbie, Junior

The Court

Photo: "The Court." Phenix, Virginia

Then and Now: A Brief History of Phenix, Virginia

The mean streets of Phenix, Virginia

Welcome to Phenix: A Nice Place to Live

Photo: Alan Levine. “Phenix, Virginia” Licensed under CC BY 2.0

The Ghosts of Childhood

Photo: "The Basketball Court." Phenix, Virginia. Jeffrey Pillow

Perhaps You Should See a Counselor

“Talking to a Counselor.” Photo by Greg Raines on Unsplash

Today Is Not About Me: It’s About the People Who Made Me, Me

Red fire trucks and police cars

Photo: "Red fire truck and toy police car." Jeffrey Pillow

The flash mob that wasn’t

"Flash Mob." Photo by Fernand De Canne on Unsplash

Flying death monster from above

Photo: "Japanese Giant Hornet." I, KENPEI CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons

My dog was bitten in the face by a squirrel

"Squirrel." Photo by Niilo Isotalo on Unsplash

I fell in love with my wife in high school, but thank goodness we never dated

Polly Was a Fat Dog

My Dad Died, But He Is Not Dead

Episode 5 of This Is Me Being Uncomfortable

This Is Me Being Uncomfortable

I listened to Taylor Swift and my ears did not bleed. Instead, they rejoiced

If I am not being creative, I become a lukewarm version of myself and jeopardize my happiness

Photo by rawpixel on Unsplash

But whatever I am has its source back there…

An empty chamber, black and hollow and alone

Asthon Drake. “Shotgun shell.” Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

The Red Lollipop

Ana Ulin. “Lollipop.” Licensed under CC BY SA 2.0

El Chupacabra on a Friday night at 1 a.m.

El chupacabra or coyote with mange

The Man Who Walked Off the Face of the Earth

White dice with black eyes

Where My Father Once Stood

Tall pine trees going up into the sky

When Depression Comes to the Workplace

Screenshot from the email I sent to my manager and director when I tried to quit my job while suffering severe depression