Latest Stories
Most recently published stories in Psyche.
Life by Numbers. Top Story - February 2021.
There are three cracks in the plaster of her bedroom ceiling, each thinner and more twisted than the next. She has three pillows in her bed, which he thinks is odd, and sleeps with two blankets. None of this bothers him. The Bad Numbers don’t exist in the appropriately shabby confines of her dorm room and he counts more out of habit than necessity.
By Edith (yesterday4)5 years ago in Psyche
Excerpt from "The Anti Christ, Trials and Tribulations, Schizophrenia in the 21st century.
As He looked for his sterling silver cross pen that was right in front of him. I couldn’t help wonder why are all the psychiatrists foreign? Aren’t there cultural variances some just don’t understand?
By Darren Bouchard5 years ago in Psyche
Momentum
Like a sailor crossing a turbulent ocean, Juno sailed further and further into the unknown. Days like this one made her feel truly hopeless. Beyond the water in her eyes, the tall, dense waves of water crashing around her; the night sky collapsing above her, beyond all of the confused and destructive forces of nature that she carried, the only light that was felt from within her was that of the reflection of the moon.
By Serendipity5 years ago in Psyche
13 Reasons Why
The series 13 Reasons Why hit a little close to home for me. In the first season, Hannah Baker explains everything that led to her suicide through cassette tapes. When the show first starts, Clay is grieving over Hannah’s death and dealing with the feelings he had for her. There were many traumatizing events that led up to her suicide, and I have been through a lot of the same things.
By Destiny Welch5 years ago in Psyche
The Introduction of a not so lovely lady
Who the hell am I? That, I can not tell you completely, because I am still figuring that part out. I am in my 30's, with no kids, and fresh out of a 3yr romantic relationship which ironically happens to be the first real relationship. So I tried to dedicate my all to it because it took too damn long for me to get here in the first place. Maybe 3 months before that relationship, I tried to go on a spiritual path in search of who I am and what I needed to do with my life. Prior to this spiritual quest, I lived a wild and spontaneous lifestyle.
By I Will Use My Words5 years ago in Psyche
Shattered past
Falling internally though my past, I am in slow-motion, free as a bird although I know this emotional state will not last long. There is an essence of misdirected tranquillity to cherish as I begin elegantly twirling, whirling to my eternally, doomed destiny. As I reach terminal velocity my conscience begins to fade and with a final grimace of the world I unintentionally constructed, I begin to hallucinate…
By The Lioness5 years ago in Psyche
My Son Is A Drug Addict
My first son was ( and still is) a charmer. Ever since he was a toddler, he would smile that toothy grin at all of the ladies at the supermarket and laugh. His deep eye color earned him the the nickname“ Mickey Blue Eyes” from my father and he always had a sense of wide-eyed excitement and curiosity about the world. On a trip to the Baseball Hall of Fame with my parents at age 9 or 10 he talked about the players, the trip, the food for a week straight. When asked one year what he wanted for his birthday, he told my sister -in-law , a rock tumbler. After seeing the movie National Treasure, he was convinced that every bill had a clue to worldly wealth, and he was going to find it. Nothing scared him and he was the kid that jumped in without every looking first. We used to call him “our little Bear Grylls” That all changed one summer and I remember it as distinctly as people remember 9/11 or the assassination of JFK or the explosion of the Challenger shuttle. He was 13 and didn’t come home so my wife and I went looking for him and found him with his skateboard and group of friends and he refused to come with us or return home. That was eight years ago and in my craziest nightmares I never imagined the torture and heartache an addiction to drugs would cause.
By Michael J Massey5 years ago in Psyche
