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The Price of Worry

I close my eyes and take a deep breath before I start writing this blog. There’s a lot of shit going on in Manitoba (and the world) right...

There's No Neutral on Racism

It’s anti-racism week in Winnipeg and as an elementary school teacher, I feel a little baffled that I wasn’t among the first to know. I...

A Few Words on Being Non-Binary

Words have power. Both in their presence and in their absence. Whether it is because they were sharp and hurtful or just ill-fitting,...

Spreader Week 19 - Wanted

How could the Authority have placed posters of them around the city? It didn’t make sense because the Authority had told everyone that...

Spreader Week 18 - Missing

Parker woke up from the best sleep they’d had since they’d left Dakota and Esme. Maybe it was because they had a full stomach, or maybe...

Spreader Week 15 - The Gates

“It’s hard to know.” Parker said, rubbing their face as they stared at another small street on the computer screen, “The roads I crossed...

Spreader Week 12 - News

Parker’s stomach squirmed and flopped as they stared blankly ahead listening to the sound of the splattering rain on the bridge above...

Spreader Week 11- The Unknown

“So, you want me to uncover the truth and take down the Authority?” Dakota asked after sitting as still as a statue through Parker’s...

Spreader Week 10 - A Visitor

For the next week, Parker was aware every hour of every day that nothing was happening. They didn’t know what they had expected when...

Spreader Week 9 - Hope

The next couple of weeks were a blur of hiding, scavenging and survival. Parker became acquainted with a couple of dumpsters, which...

Spreader Week 8 Nightmare

Parker got off the bus by the baseball stadium and walked cautiously towards the Forks. They were on high alert, but trying to look...

Spreader Week 7 Hide and Seek

*This is a weekly serial blog, it will make way more sense if you start on www.kylamcdonald.com/post/spreader-week-1-the-escape * “Kid,”...

Spreader Week 6 - Dead?

Exhausted and scratched from head to toe, Parker collapsed into the pile of leaves under one of the big elm trees near Tiger’s shelter....

Spreader Week 5 - A Mask

*This is a weekly serial blog, it will make way more sense if you start on www.kylamcdonald.com/post/spreader-week-1-the-escape 5 whole...

The Writing Process

Have you ever had a character live in your head? I was shocked when I first learned that everyone didn’t have other worlds, characters...

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