We ALL need that friend. Enter Captain Grief, Kelly's superhero alter ego, flying, crying, and eating cake. After Kelly's spouse dies November 11, 2012, the Captain explodes onto the scene with her similar but fictional story of loss to self, alongside of Kelly's. Captain Grief is a foulmouthed miracle and blog-writing partner when Kelly needs a space away from her nineteen-month-old son, the Ginger Menace, to be enraged, distraught, ridiculous, indulgent, indignant, or just downright in the shit. People tend to grieve politely, but after the accidental death of her thirty-five-year-old wife, the last thing Kelly wants to do is be quiet. Kelly comes to learn that when life kicks you in the ass, it pays to have a big, protective, insensitive jerk come to your rescue ... wearing a cape.

Kelly Wilk is a freelance writer and graduated from the University of Guelph with an HBA in Theatre and English. She creates poetry, memoir, fiction, fantasy, and mixed media. From 2011 to 2019 she wrote for Pink Play Magazine and their queer parenting blog. In November 2019, Maclean's published her piece "A widowed mother to her son: Your small life was so powerful, it saved mine." She lives with her son in the Beaches neighborhood of Toronto.

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