Dalton McKnight can only remember bits and pieces of the most horrific night of his life, the night that left him traumatized and forced with a future he wasn't ready for. He's not prepared for the path he's headed now, and the road he is forced to take later on in the chance to save what he loves the most. ________________________________________ Disclaimer: this story is a work of fiction of an intersex character. Just because the character is written this way, doesn't mean it's an accurate portrayal of real life. This story also contains heavy themes such as SA & R*pe. - this story is currently being rewritten -

A Wattpad exclusive backstory behind The Boy, in theaters January 22nd.

TATTOO OF THE BLACK ANGEL (Ebook and Print available on Amazon! Published by Three Acre Books) First in a gripping magical trilogy, TATTOO OF THE BLACK ANGEL is set within the modern-day world that's surrounded by myth and magic. When university student, Tara Young, is forcibly inked with a set of black wings on her back, she is compelled to become a leader of a group of similarly tattooed people called the T.A.T. After discovering a book of myths concealed within an old chair, Tara comes across a riddle that will help her discover an ancient earth shattering secret. The only problem is that Mr Maynard, founder of the T.A.T., wants to uncover this secret for himself and he'll stop at nothing to get what he wants.

Observe these syllables I have arranged in no particular order and pretend to feel some sort of way. Featured story, highest rank #2 in poetry All rights reserved © #Wattys2016

A young woman who was always the life of the party, quick to tell a joke, always smiling and happy, tragically dies at age 23. What her mother found after her death reflected a much different young woman, her poetry. Her words showed a young woman crying out to feel loved, wanted, beautiful and worthy. Struggling to accept herself as the wonderful, happy, beautiful young woman everyone else saw her as. Her words reflect the pain and torment she allowed another to cause her. It is her mother's most heart felt desire to reach even one young person struggling to accept themselves. To encourage them to open up and talk to someone, to know they are never alone, to know their feelings are validated. She also hopes to reach a mother that perhaps feels her daughter is perfect and completely in charge of her life, as mothers often do. After reading her poetry, hopefully it will facilitate conversation, confirm unconditional love and help to end words that a mother never hears. I am her mother and these are her words.

During the first 30 years of my journalistic career in the second half of the 20th century, good jobs of all kinds were available all over Canada. Those of us born in the 1930s and early '40s were in great demand because our generation was very small when the post-World War II boom began. I earned generous fees working mainly freelance at home or in the offices of clients. "GLIMPSES..." is the story of all the stories my work involved: the who, what, when, where, why, and how of people I met, our society's attitudes, my networks, lessons learned, mistakes made, many good times and some very bad ones. I hope to reveal how it felt to be a Canadian worker from the 1950s until about 2000, to provide perspective on why those years were the way they were, and perhaps offer clues as to how they led us to Now. (Note that chapters become shorter as the tale grows longer.)