The Hatching

His boys, excited about their first successful hunt, knew they shouldn’t make a sound. Slowly and quietly, they dragged their wet boots over the narrow, cracked concrete ground and walked …

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Isolation

Illustration of person in a white shirt. A caption beside the image says ISOLATION: They want us to keep hoping that one day we'll be free from our isolated glass cells, but it's a lie. I know we'll never get out.

The bile that filled the back of her throat soured her mouth. She stepped forward, putting her palm on the glass wall and pressing her forehead on the cool glass. …

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