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All tagged suicide

Jun 6
Jun 6 Parkway Bridge

The steel guardrail familiar against his knees. The straight, level bridge concealing its loftiness, the gorge below indistinct in the moonlight. [CW: suicidal ideation]

Jan 4
Jan 4 One Phone Call

Linnea Peterson

When I pick up the phone, she’s sobbing. CW // suicidal ideation

Jul 14
Jul 14 Frayed Tape

Frederick Charles Melancon

A line ran down the middle of the hallway in the DePaul Behavioral Health Center in New Orleans. You didn’t cross it.

Jun 6 Jun 6 Parkway Bridge

Jan 4 Jan 4 One Phone Call

Jul 14 Jul 14 Frayed Tape

Jun 6
Jun 6 Parkway Bridge

Jan 4
Jan 4 One Phone Call

Jul 14
Jul 14 Frayed Tape