A Voice from Beyond- Suicide isn’t the end—it’s the silence we must break.
Story: S A Spencer They taught the machine to feel—before it replaced them. Author of Popular Fictions : The Pink Mutiny , The Black Waters , Dream In Shackles 🕊️ The Room I Never Left I don’t remember the moment my breath stopped. I remember the silence before it. The way the walls closed in, the way my heart felt like it was folding in on itself. I remember the sound of my children laughing in the living room, unaware that their world was about to change forever. I’m not sure where I am now. It’s quiet here. Not the kind of quiet that hurts—but the kind that listens. There’s no pain, no time. Just memory. And regret. I watch them sometimes. My children. Aarav and Meera. Seven and five. Aarav still sleeps with the blanket I stitched for him when he was three. Meera talks to my photo every morning before school. She tells me what she’s wearing, what she packed for lunch. She asks if I’m proud. I am. But I wish I could tell her that. 🌅 The Morning Bef...