Chris Thompson

5 days ago | acrossthemargin.com | Chris Thompson

A short story featuring a “gifted” tailor who has the capacity to alter the course of lives with the simple thread of a needle…by: Zary FeketeEmil stitched silently. He looped every strand of thread like a steady heartbeat, predictable…reliable. His shop was a narrow place with its front door barely visible between a dry cleaner and a pawn shop, the kind of business no one remembered until they tore a cuff on a blouse or realized their trousers weren’t ready for tomorrow’s interview.

2 weeks ago | acrossthemargin.com | Chris Thompson

Welcome To The Party Pal celebrates Tony Gilroy’s remarkable achievement in science fiction / political storytelling, Disney+’s Andor…On Apple Podcasts now!   On Spotify now!This episode of Welcome To The Party Pal celebrates the second season of Andror, the American science fiction political spy thriller drama television series created by Tony Gilroy for Disney+.

2 weeks ago | acrossthemargin.com | Chris Thompson

A youth unmasked. A journey towards adulthood that crosses borders, faces hard truths, and leaves one feeling like a stranger within familiar haunts…by: Deborah Vinall, PsyDThe first time I am kicked out of my family’s home I am nine. Hot, angry tears stream down my cheeks as I set out in search of shelter, wandering the winding roads of the orchard valley that is my home. I roam between trees laden with apples and along the trickling creek where bullrushes emerge and mallards nestle between reeds.

3 weeks ago | acrossthemargin.com | Chris Thompson

When a run of hard luck compels a browbeaten soul to envision a life on all fours…by: T.E. CowellFrom the car she watched him step out of the building and felt her heart start beating fast. She studied his face and walk as he came closer in an effort to try and determine how it had gone. He had his head lowered to the ground as he walked, as if to watch his every step, as if he were hiking down the Grand Canyon rather than walking across a flat asphalt-meets-gravel parking lot.

3 weeks ago | acrossthemargin.com | Chris Thompson

Welcome To The Party Pal celebrates the concluding season of Danny McBride’s The Righteous Gemstones while debating the greatest series finales in television history…On Apple Podcasts now!   On Spotify now!This episode of Welcome To The Party Pal celebrates the final season, and in particular the concluding episode, of The Righteous Gemstones, the comedy-drama television series created by Danny McBride. The series follows a famous and dysfunctional family of televangelists.