The Rules of Big Buck
A real life portrayal of loss, one that highlights the unique places we inhabit to seek respite from pain… by: Adam Shaw I don’t know why…
Life
What Can I Say?
An essay contemplating America’s systematic racism, while the “leader” of the free world foments hatred, sows division, and empowers evil, and the wounds of George…
Support The Protestors
Across The Margin stands emphatically with the Black Lives Matter community and social movement… Throughout the United States, and for the entirety of its existence,…
Dementia and Silver Linings
A short and affecting story about family members seeking care for a parent with dementia, one that walks readers candidly into the profound hardships at…
Even If It’s In Dreams
The adventures of a clan of explorers known as the Goonies of Northeast Philly, who usher you into the spine-chilling hallways of the abandoned Byberry Mental…
Lists
An ode to the art of list making equipped with an immediate call to action: Write It All Down… by: Wendy BooydeGraaff Write it all…
Across The Margin : The Podcast — Your Anxiety Beast and You
Across The Margin: The Podcast takes a sweeping look at anxiety, a hardship affecting forty million adults in the United States, through an interview with…
Tragedy and Hope in Dove Springs: The Murders of Norma and Maria Hurtado
A look back at the 2011 Hurtado murders, a hate crime against the LGBT community, that examines how issues of race, religion, economic status, and…
Living Three Generations Beneath a Murderer
“I have anxiety; I have depression. My life isn’t easy, and maybe it shouldn’t be. Maybe I deserve it.” The crush of living a life…
Battle For My Body
“Without gloves on my bleeding hands, I collected the shards of a life ravished by mental illness, gluing them together before wiping them with Windex.”…
Gemma The Bear
A short story where a disparate assemblage of colleagues is given the opportunity to reinvent themselves, which only transpires if they are honest about who…
Book Review: Mavericks, Mystics and Misfits
An examination of Arthur Hoyle’s Mavericks, Mystics, and Misfits, a book that celebrates the essential qualities of the American soul in the life and work of…