After bouts with vertigo, I step onto the ferry and pause; the floor shimmers with waves. Saints and witches walk on water, but I am dizzy on a boat. There is an anxious line of sightseers behind me, though. I take a desperate breath of air and begin to swim.

Colleen Addison completed a PhD in health information. She then promptly got sick herself. She now lives and heals on a small island, writing stories of various length about her life.