Author POV: We are unreliable narrators of our own lives
Self-deception gets in our way, trips us up, makes us do bone-stupid things. We all suffer from it from time to time. Luckily, most of us recognize this and, at least sometimes, try to compensate the best we can. But sometimes we don’t confront our self-deceptions until it’s too late. For me, that happened when […]
Back to the Tall Pines by Spencer Fleury
When she heard the job offer on her answering machine, her heart sank. Virgil reminded her – again – how much they needed the money. “But it’s the most depressing thing I can think of,” she said. He just snorted. “Naw. There’s worse.” Easy for you to say, asshole. You don’t have to do it. […]
