In the midst of training for a trail race, I traveled to a conference in Phoenix. Thinking of the pain I would be in if I didn’t keep up...

Adrian Reynosa awaited his final appointment of the day. He was weary of urine tests, paperwork, perfunctory questions with equally...

As a labor and delivery nurse of 25 years, I worked with many doctors. One of the anesthesiologists I worked with for 20 years placing...

(Note: occasionally, Story Sanctum will publish the first chapters of upcoming novels. Here is one from writer Doug Dalglish) Justo The...

(Note: the following are excerpts from Rebecca M. Blackwell’s book published in 2022. Here is a link for the full copy). For most people,...

Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the tune without the words, And never stops at all, And sweetest in...

1 It was a cool fall evening, the sky gray and the air still. I tied the goldenrod with a blue ribbon and held it in my hand as I walked,...

There is no escape for you except by a radical psychological transformation of yourself. – Neville Goddard I believe that some people are...

Helga, a hard working waitress, has a lot to teach us about the true meaning of the holidays.

Arrested by the Dance (1909) by Henri Matisse, I sat and drew it in my 6x6 inch sketchbook. The figures form a wild chain in a distorted...

Henry opened his eyes to sunrise slanting beneath the overpass. Summer humidity clung to his skin like wet cotton. From the distance,...

6:00 AM Ryan had finally tired of waking up in an empty bed. Grief had run its rollercoaster course over the last five years, and his...

This story is an excerpt from Michelle Warren’s new book Join the Resistance (IVP, 2022). When my oldest child was in first grade, I...

Zoe never dreamed of working as a time teller. It was a hard job to get in the best of economies, in a recession it was nearly...

You wind around switchbacks, tree-covered mountainsides, and ravines and then eventually through a long tunnel. Without warning, you are...

When Sarah’s beloved chocolate lab Sadie began acting strange, she took her to the vet. “What seems to be the problem?” asked Lance, a...

I remember the week I had two unrelated counseling clients schedule emergency sessions to process their pain at the loss of their cats....

This story is about my sister and me. I am the second oldest of four children. My older sister is 10 months older than me. “Irish twins,”...

Maddie was a widow who lived by the beach. Every morning and evening she walked along the shore remembering her husband David and their...

BY SIMEON KLEPAC MOVEMENT I: TRAGEDY “Out of ink.” The coroner clicked his pen fruitlessly. “Here.” Washburton, a round faced man in a...