A big shoutout to a fine Canadian literary magazine, Dark Winter Literary Magazine. for publishing A Game of Eightball. Featured photo by Mark Tulin.
“I tried to concentrate on the game, but negative thoughts kept popping up. No matter what I did, it wasn’t good enough. I could have been the best husband, but my wife would still be a patient in the locked unit of a psychiatric hospital. So I didn’t share my frustration with anyone—not even my parents, for fear they’d criticize me.”
–excerpt from “A Game of Eightball.”
Crow On The Wire 
Whoa! I did not expect that twist ending!
Definitely a twist to the ending – but sad too. That old man was giving Martin such hope and from a good source as well.