About Pamela Stafford.
Poetry, Stories, Blogs (oh my)
What you will find on this page are poems, short stories, excerpts from novels and screenplays, books and movie reviews, my thoughts blogs on different topics, some fan fiction. About ten years ago I started posting these things across social media platforms. I’ve been told I have a unique voice. A writer needs readers, but cannot live on clicks or likes alone. If you like what you read here, I am gratified. If you like it so much you think, I want to buy that person a beverage, this is your chance to do so.
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A Fine Thread of Sanity Please note I use “crazy” throughout this blog in full understanding of the problematic nature of the term, but in the belief that alignment with the language of the series is the best way to examine these episodes. The episode Duane Barry and the continuation episode Ascension are landmark episodes in the series. They are the first true myth arc episodes. The X Files u...
Disability and Trauma in the X Files (blog 15) Duane Barry and Ascension
Oct 31, 2026
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Yearning, this child of the night, Seeks adventure in the dark. A Hunter’s Moon gives him no fright, Nor does the wolf’s howling bark. Midnight’s moonlight guides the way Towards destiny and fate. One mustn’t waiver or delay Or ask of one’s fate to wait. How happy is the moon child! To the night he does belong. Youth can be untamed and wild When the hunter’s moon shines strong.
October’s Moon Child
Oct 25, 2026
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This blog series examines disability and trauma as portrayed in the X Files. In the first season summary, I noted both the fear of stigma portrayed in having a mental illness and the framing of Mulder being seen as being “crazy” due to his belief. The first four episodes of the second season deals directly or implicitly with mental health diagnoses with a lack of emphasis on those diagnoses. W...
Disability and Trauma Portrayal in the X Files (Blog 14)- Beginning Episodes of Season Two
Oct 25, 2026
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