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THE STORM
by John D.
Robinson
Like walking
against a
continuous
gale force
storm,
step after step,
day after
day:
she had
little chance,
neglectful
alcoholic
parents,
violence,
physical
and sexual
abuse until
she was
removed
from the
monsters
aged seven:
she was
way beyond
traumatized,
scars so
deep they
would never
be seen:
just after
her 15th
birthday,
she leapt
from the
top of a 5-
story carpark:
the autopsy
report
revealed
that she was
3 months
pregnant
and that
the baby
had died
with her.
John D. Robinson is a UK poet. Hundreds of his
poems have appeared in print and online: he has published several chapbooks and
Uncollected Press will shortly be publishing his first full collection, Hang in There.
Terry Butler lives in the country, near
a small town south of San Jose, CA called Hollister. He used to write
steadily, publishing both in print and online as Terence Butler, but after some health
issues, the energy needed to write seemed to dissipate somewhat. He has been a professional
photographer and a painter/collage-assemblage maker for most of his working life, so painting
and photo art have taken the place of genre fiction as an outlet. Recently the
story “Fire Man” appeared all as a piece in his mind so he simply wrote it
down. He sent it to Cindy, and in the ensuing back and forth. They somehow
discussed using some of his visual art, too. Cindy is simply the best, and a
real stalwart in this little world. She has a big heart and a deep love for
animals, too!
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