The Whistling

by Rebecca Netley

‘Even those from money can suffer some of the same griefs and misfortunes as those who don’t,’

The mind, my father had always taught me, was the most unreliable of man’s organs. Hearts could fail, kidneys could grow septic, but the brain was capable of further reaches; we trust what we see and hear, but how do we truly justify the conclusions we reach?

husband, but a burden shared is not always a burden eased. It doubles our agony,

They did not harm, I told myself; it was the fear itself that would hurt me if I let it.