Mature Subjects
Marvelous Gadgets
Transformations
Science Fiction
Superheroes
Intersex
Language or Cultural Change
Stuck
Voluntary
Costumes and Masks

Kim Amy was in the back yard enjoying the sun, the cool breeze, and his favorite book at the time. He was reading ‘The Amazon Warriors.’ The book held his fascination because it was very descriptive with detailed accounts of the warrior women and their exploits. They were masters of camouflage and guerrilla tactics. Their hair by custom and long tradition kept unshorn and braided tightly. They wore very little clothing, just a woven belt with a cloth drawn between their legs one week of each month as necessary. They painted their bodies in natural colors that made them blend in easily with their surroundings. If one of them stood still, a man could walk right past them without knowing the Amazon was even there.

I would like to offer this story as a possible explanation for the thousands of unexplained suicides that occur around the world every year. I offer no apopogies if the story offends you there is nothing sweet or pretty about death. For those that think suicide is the cowards way out I can tell you from personal experience that standing on the edge of the precipice and contemplating your imminent demise is not something that a coward could do. I stood upon the brink on my thirteenth birthday and could not take that final step to end my torment.

Felix transitus a macero ad requiem [Happy is the passage from torment to rest].

Things have gotten pretty bad for Stephanie, what's left but to end it all. But what if....