S. A. Crawford
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Writer, reader, life-long student - being brave and finally taking the plunge by publishing some articles and fiction pieces.
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The Abuse Didn't Break Me, but Realizing I Was a Victim Did. Content Warning.
It is close to midnight, I am nineteen years old, drunk, half asleep and my boyfriend of four years has decided that we are going to try anal sex. I say it like this because that's how it happened. At first just an awareness that something was happening, then a smear of discomfort and pain as I waited for it to be over. I never once thought I had the option of stopping it because we were in my family home and an argument would wake my grandmother, who was sleeping next door... and that world of embarrassment, along with the weight of alcohol and the confusion about exactly what was bothering me so much kept me still and silent.
By S. A. Crawford4 days ago in Humans
The Angry Man in Your House. Top Story - February 2026.
"If you grow up with an angry man in your house, there will always be an angry man in your house" This statement has caused plenty of controversy online, people say its a statement that blames victims while also undermining those who break traumatic cycles to form health relationships... but if I'm honest now that I'm in my 30s it makes more sense to me than ever, and I'd argue that its not just about fathers and uncles.
By S. A. Crawford16 days ago in Humans
You Never Listen!
"Look, it's really simple and I can't keep explaining it to you, I won't be here forever, you know!" "I know, but its-" "Just a light. I know what you're going to say, but it's about the bigger picture Mark. You can't have everyone do everything for you your whole life."
By S. A. Crawfordabout a month ago in Fiction
How to Succeed at the Benson Directory®. Runner-Up in Instructions Included Challenge. Top Story - January 2026.
Congratulations and welcome to the Benson Directory® employee #22391! As our newest call handler, you will have the privilege of speaking with dozens of unique and interesting people on a daily basis as well as the opportunity to earn bonuses for high performance. Contained within this handbook you will find a set of ease to follow instructions designed to help you settle in to your new role and begin paving the way to success.
By S. A. Crawfordabout a month ago in Fiction
Confession: I am Not Nice. Top Story - December 2025.
As a woman, I am very aware that I am supposed to be nice. I am supposed to be warm and giving and understanding; according to my very Church of Scotland upbringing I am also supposed to be a wellspring of calm, quiet compassion. No wrath, no hysteria (though this is deemed to be understandable due to the naturally delicate temperament of women). I am, in short, supposed to be ladylike. Feminine... and, if at all possible, graceful. The problem, lads and lassies, is that I am very few of these things most of the time and none of them very often.
By S. A. Crawford2 months ago in Humor
The Cartographer . Honorable Mention in Maps of the Self Challenge.
"Just when I think I have found the way to live, life changes." - Hugh Prather You cannot live more than three decades without some confusion, at least that's what I've come to believe. When I was six a teacher asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up and the question has never quite left me. I stood there in the play-doh and glue smelling class room, amongst miniature tables and chairs with grass in my hair and mud on my knees and told her I wanted to be a teacher... not because I had a great desire to be one, but because it seemed the polite thing to say to a teacher. Even then I wanted to please people. Maybe especially then.
By S. A. Crawford3 months ago in Humans
Peep . Honorable Mention in Through the Keyhole Challenge.
The problem with integrated, online security systems these days, Ava thought, was the fact that they weren't very secure... not if you had any real technological skills or knowledge. With so many cracks, crevices, and peep holes to exploit, it was no wonder that peoples homes were less safe than they had ever been... Of course, it was a blessing for her; being paid to shore up faulty defence systems paid well. More importantly, it scratched that itch she could never tell anyone about; she always left a little peep hole of sorts in her solutions. A space she could slide into to watch her previous clients as they went about their daily lives.
By S. A. Crawford4 months ago in Fiction
Dead Still
A very late entry for L. C. Schafers Spooktacular Dollar challenge! Silence had been Ellen Campbells friend for as long as she could remember, and because most of the people she dealt with on a daily basis were dead she got plenty of it. Running a mortuary was no-ones idea of glamour, but someone had to do it; her mother had always said if there was something to be done it was better to get it over with than put it off... That, she told herself, was what she was doing as she undertook a stock check while studiously ignoring the body in bay four. She was not putting off dealing with bay four, she was making sure she had everything she needed to get the job done.
By S. A. Crawford4 months ago in Fiction
