It has been extra hard to write my blog today. It isn’t that I don’t have anything to say. That basically never happens. I’ve got an...

Politics isn’t for everyone and I get that. It’s easy to feel that you don’t have a voice or any power to affect what those talking heads...

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...

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...

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

As Parker sat and listened to their mother argue with the paramedics and the police, they couldn’t suppress a little smile. It wasn’t...

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

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...

Week 17 Parker didn’t realize that they couldn’t go back to their old spot on the river until they were actually looking at the swirling...

“I think it might be time for some popcorn.” Esme tossed her novel aside as she stood up and stretched. Parker smiled up at her from...

“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...

“Is that a picture of Jenni?” Parker asked as the open laptop’s screensaver flicked through some random pictures. Esme looked over and...

Parker could still hear the echo of Tiger’s yells as they sat up in bed and looked around wildly, their heart pounding and sweat...

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

“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...

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...

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

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

*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,”...

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....