150 Days
Today marks 150 days since the last time I felt external physical touch of any kind. It’s an incredibly strange sensation to describe, and I’m sure there are millions out […]
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A Letter to NYC City Council – June 12, 2020
Hello, My name is Danny Ward and I am a resident of Crown Heights, Brooklyn. I am writing to urge you to vote to reallocate major portions of the NYPD […]
Out of Time
So I finally said, “Well, I’ve had a quite enough of this.” And, boy had I. But they were not expecting that response. “What did you just say?” They continued […]
The Paper Boy
“They called me a magnate tonight,” he said, as he ducked his narrow, hatted head below the bannister, searching for Meredith in the dusty attic. “What?” “A magnate. They called […]
Ten Times a Failure
There’s a certain amount of failure that we, as adults, become accustomed to. It’s part of becoming an adult. We fail in love, we fail in school, we fail in […]
Me at 36
As our story begins, Danny Ward is 36 years old and standing in the shower in his parent’s new apartment in downtown Detroit. It’s two days after Christmas. And last […]
The Broken Sandals
It wasn’t anger that had kept Jeremy up most of the night. It was something different. Something he couldn’t quite describe when Mr. Larimore Jenkins III asked him why he […]
The Retirement Party
The retirement party for Peterkin was quiet and short lived. Most barely knew he worked there and had no idea he was retiring or that someday they would as well. […]
Empire’s Records
The interrogation room was small and Empire was uncomfortable in the chair they had strapped him to. The balding Lieutenant shouted question after question but all Empire could think about […]
More Than a Love Story
They met at a wedding. It was his best friend and her cousin. It was 1978. At the time, he was living in San Diego. She was working through her […]
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