This story was never published anywhere (it boasts over 20 rejections from various literary magazines!), but it is still a personal favorite of mine and I decided to share it here. “I had to get up from my seat and use the bathroom since there was just like, streams of blood dripping down my leg.”…

Published on May 9, 2023 by ignatianlitmag I first properly met Madeleine at a birthday party in Teresa’s backyard back in the sixth grade. Before that, we had only seen each other in passing when our teachers would have us leave the school building in neat lines for recess. When I saw her back then, before I…