Tag: family

The Yak in My Mother’s Kitchen — A Moonlit Goodbye

A shaggy yak fills the stone kitchen, its horns spanning the room, moon at the window and lantern lit

The Yak in My Mother’s Kitchen — A Moonlit Goodbye

Published by Melvin Horton on February 12, 2026

There is a two-thousand-pound yak standing in the kitchen. The doorway is intact. Nothing is broken. She has somewhere to be. A free 15-minute read.

The Saint and the Psychic — A Chicago Memoir

The Saint and the Psychic cover: a woman in a wide-brimmed hat at a tarot table; a man smokes behind her by a window.

The Saint and the Psychic — A Chicago Memoir

Published by M. Christopher Horton on January 6, 2026

A six-year-old was seen at the collection plate holding a hundred-dollar bill. He had been told not to be seen. He must have taken it. A 10-minute read.

The Birth of a Villain — A 1967 Chicago Memoir

The Birth of a Villain cover: an elderly woman in an apron cuts a cake at a table, a revolver on the cloth beside the plate.

The Birth of a Villain — A 1967 Chicago Memoir

Published by M. Christopher Horton on December 30, 2025

Chicago, 1967. Delivered in a warehouse one block from the hospital that wouldn’t take them. The mother declined to hold him. She must not have wanted him.