INTIMA FALL 2024 | FICTION

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Conservation of Mass(es) | Evelyn Potochny

A pathologist searches for answers when she discovers something miraculous happening on her patients’ slides.

The Folded Flag | Gaetan Sgro

Co-constructing a narrative: A young man’s hospital stay is told through different perspectives in this powerful and moving story.

Late | I. Cori Baill

Go back to the days before electronic records and cellphones and learn about a unique way a resident gets her work done and helps patients and families at the same time.

Room 21 | Rowan Jeffrey

Health issues bring not only limitations but new ways of coping in this poignant story of one man’s attempt to reconcile his past self with his present life.

Splitting Wood | Emily Groot

Physical activity and supportive parents help a schizophrenic man cope with the voices in his head, as he combats threats from both within and without.

There's a Special on Car Washes | Rory O'Sullivan

Two contrasting views — a man travelling down a dark highway to visit his mother in the hospital, and the doctor taking care of her — have more in common than you might expect, and show us our shared humanity.