Mark Basquill, Author at Consequence Forum

Mark is a clinical psychologist in Wilmington, NC. For the past dozen years he has helped veterans recover from the many invisible wounds of war. Prior to the pandemic he helped pilot a creative writing group to help Vietnam era veterans heal through telling their story.

Boots for Sisyphus

by Mark Basquill | Aug 2, 2021 | Fiction

Smiling like his patron saint Sisyphus, Squirrel guided the purple Mustang from the amber glow of sunset at Santa Monica Pier to a ridge in the San Gabriel mountains. Into the darkness. Always uphill. Squirrel had been there and done that. Shrapnel biting his...