He was never the guy to cause a ruckus. Never the guy who was suspended from school. Always knowing when to walk away from trouble, like that country guy Kenny Rogers crooned about. Never the guy who drove around …

This is how I started running. When I was a younger strapping man with a stronger back, and at my first job, I lived in the extension of a corner house in Mountain View estate. The landlady was a …

Trigger Warning: Self-harm; Suicide. 

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Strange girls in strange bathrooms always size her up in the mirror and comment on her looks. They tell her how pretty her eyes are. The more brazen or drunk ones touch her hair. …

Four years ago his wife was at the market when a school van lost control, veered off the road, and headed straight in her direction. She was pregnant and was holding onto the hand of one of their daughters. …