"Beginnings are rare and fleeting. All we are left with in life is a long and unavoidable journey to the end. Describe the burdens you carry with you on this journey." I sent the above prompt to friends and colleagues and asked for any artistic response. I received numerous poems, songs, short stories, etc. I took all of the responses and stitched together the verses, stories, and emotions into a narrative following the protagonist through a day in his life. My goal was to give a snapshot of the mental health of those around me and remind everyone that they are not alone in their sadness.

Beautiful young housewife Séverine Serizy cannot reconcile her masochistic fantasies with her everyd...

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The Resistance builds in numbers as humans are freed from the Matrix and brought to the city of Zion...

The human city of Zion defends itself against the massive invasion of the machines as Neo fights to ...

Crotchety retired doctor Isak Borg travels from Stockholm to Lund, Sweden, with his pregnant and unh...

A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, g...

Photographer and entrepreneur in training, Alonzo, struggles to get his artistic business off the gr...

Prot is a patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from a far away planet. His psychiatrist tri...

Socially awkward Muriel Heslop wants nothing more than to get married. Unfortunately, due to her opp...

Middle schooler Ben spends his free time watching sci-fi films, playing video games and reading comi...

A hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery...

A discount store clerk strikes up an affair with a stock boy who considers himself the incarnation o...

Annie Wilson, young widow and mother of three, makes her living foretelling others' futures—though ...

70-year-old Timo makes the most of his short ride to work. Speeding up on a bicycle ends up in a dit...

Bringing a closure to his "Healing Trilogy," Bladde offers up a beautifully bizarre tale of overcomi...

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One person makes the long and difficult journey towards finding their own beauty. In trying to mimic...

In Whithren, a line of women pass a recurring dream through multiple generations.

Violet realizes that her entire life is built on fear-based decisions, and must do everything differ...