BROWNIE: PIECES OF MEMOIR Kindle Edition

I don't remember my real name. Just the taste of blood and peppermint, the static buzz of lights too bright, and the sound of one more door locking behind me. They said the system was built to protect kids like me, but that was a lie. The truth was darker. It was built to use foster homes, group shelters, church basements and psych wards masquerading as care, to break children into pieces. I was bought, renamed, broken, rewired. I saw kids vanish. I saw what they did in those rooms. And I remember every face. This isn't a rescue story. It's a testimony. A cracked, hallucinated confession scraped together from memory and aftermath. It's what happens when the machine glitches and one girl refuses to stay programmed. If you've never believed in monsters, read this. If you already know they're real, you'll see yourself in the static. Just know: this story isn't safe· Because it's true.Truth-Teller. Storyteller. Survivor by Proxy. Larry Beard writes to expose what others fear to call out. With roots in myth, faith, and lived reality, his work pulls back the curtain on the hidden machinery of trauma, power, and survival. He believes storytelling isn't just art-it's resistance. through voices like Brownie's, Larry gives shape to the unspeakable and light to what's been kept in darkness. His mission is clear: awaken the sacred, confront the evil, and remind the world that silence is never safety. Read more