2025 Best True Unpublished Story

A collection of unsaid truths capturing the quiet ache of conversations left unspoken between me as a daughter and my mother in various stages of life where my mother's presence or absence haunts me constantly. Each poem is words from my heart that never made it out my mouth.

Part memoir, part meditation on resilience, The Stoic Rider is the true story of a woman who traded burnout for Bonneville and fear for freedom — proving it’s never too late to change your line, ride with intention, and come fully alive on the road and within yourself.

In 1945, a commander defies orders to save a young man sent to a suicide mission. Seventy years later, his estranged brother returns to uncover the truth and face the past.