My Father’s Lessons in Electrochemistry By Roberta Holland Trigger Warning: This story alludes to sexual assault. You were working in GE’s aerospace division, a computer analyst on loan to NASA,…
WHEN THE BLOOMIS OFF THE ROSE BY ROBERTA HOLLAND Death has a smell, a sickly pungence that clings to the living around it, the kind of lingering odor that hours…
IN MEMORIAM BY ROBERTA HOLLAND The infant Sonya Marie Perry passed away, perhaps peacefully in her sleep or perhaps awake and screaming, in Bowie, Maryland, in the fall of 1969.The…
GOTCHA DAY,A CAUTIONARY TALE BY ROBERTA HOLLAND Once upon a time, in a land not far enough away, excited mommies and daddies waited anxiously, giant butterfly nets in hand. Their…
HOW TO FIND YOUR BIRTH PARENTS BY ROBERTA HOLLAND 1. Keep your search a secret mission until it’s accomplished. Do not tell anyone else of your desire to find your…