“My name is Dr. Fellows,” the bearded man said plainly. “Teddy if you like, though most refer to me by my professional title.” He offered me his hand and I shook it nervously, all the while his cool unblinking gaze rested on me like a cold, wet blanket. There was something about him that threw [...]

The whole night was a blur. From the ambulance ride to the racing hospital orderlies all around me I could barely keep my focus. All I wanted was to fall asleep, but a voice kept telling me not to. “Wake up, Justin,” the doctor told me sharply. “You’ve got a concussion. You need to stay [...]

If I’m going to tell this story properly I’m going to have to take you back to the beginning. Imagine a nervous young boy in his first year of junior high. He’s dangly, awkward and completely alien in his own skin. The reality that he’s growing up has only just crept up and haunts him [...]

Funny the way things turn out sometimes. One minute you’re dreading a long, boring day of one class after the other, the next you’re encased within an impenetrable carbon shell on the verge of being buried alive. I cursed: how did I get myself into this!? Of course I already knew the answer to that. [...]