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• Animals

  by Chris Jones + Follow

  Esquire | March 2012

  It was dark and wet and dangerous in Zanesville, Ohio. Terry Thompson had let his scores of big animals out of their hard, grim cages, then shot himself in the head. The tigers and bears were loose. Night was falling. Everything was out of control.

• A Match Made on Craigslist Adult Services

  by Melissa Petro + Follow

  Salon | February 2012

  James was the first man to pay me for sex. He wanted to bring out the good in me, even though he needed the bad.

• Should I Buy a Gun?

  by Amanda Fortini + Follow

  Elle | January 2012

  After falling victim to a string of traumatic crimes, Amanda Fortini considers a controversial means of protection.