Beautiful Day
“Shadows of time between masks and hand sanitizers. Elbow bumps and cloth wipes drenched in alcohol.” Drained of feigned positivity, and living in a world…
Allie Burke
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…
Best of Across The Margin 2019, Nonfiction
As 2019 comes to its close, Across the Margin takes a look back at some of its most treasured moments in Nonfiction… Throughout this final…
I am Sure I am Not Dead
“When you really do not know what is real and what isn’t, you have to go with your gut. You don’t have anything else to…
Best of ATM 2016, Nonfiction
As 2016 comes to its close, Across the Margin takes a look back at some of its most treasured moments in Nonfiction… It’s been another…
Crooked Lines
by: Allie Burke “There is so much to do on this earth and our lives are so short. Just die now if you don’t leave…
Failures
by: Allie Burke “I haven’t figured out how to tell between lying there awake and lying there dreaming…” A thick, billowy cloud escapes the passenger…
To Breathe You In
by Allie Burke1 “[The water] gains speed so quickly. It inches across the sand like the speed of time during depression, and all of the…
The Best of ATM, 2015: Nonfiction
As 2015 comes to its close, Across the Margin takes a look back at some of its most treasured moments in Nonfiction… Throughout this final…
Not Even Your Mother
by: Allie Burke How curious the authority of pain’s fleeting grip, and those unique souls that inspire us to win at life… The swirling fan…
What Happens When You Lie
by: Allie Burke1 “I hate her character.” He looks at me with those eyes that never define the words that come out of his mouth….
This is Definitely Not Real
by Allie Burke1 A ternion of life’s necessities, and the sentiments they invoke… Summer smells like a new pair of Nikes. Like wine and good…