
She was hanging there like a hunted animal, her wrists and ankles pulled wide by rough ropes, her dress torn, her face streaked with dust,…
Raha stood paralyzed, staring at her reflection in the darkened window. She watched Jabber’s hands come around her neck. The metal was freezing. He clasped…
Your father will die in the street and it will be your fault. Raha couldn’t breathe. The room was spinning. The generosity of the last…
Raha noticed him immediately. In the service industry, you develop a six sense for danger. There are different kinds of dangerous men. There are the…

The guards patrolling the obsidian complex thought the worst thing they’d faced that morning was the aftermath of a massive sandstorm. They were wrong. The…
Three women who are still breathing because a gun jammed because hands shook because fear hesitated one second too long. Adams holds Harumi until the…

Lie down. Don’t resist. Six words. Yuki’s heart stops. Her fingers go numb. The American soldier stands in the doorway, blocking the light. Behind him,…
“Will you come back?” she asked. He looked at her for a long second, the kind of look that tries to memorize a face before…

The clang of metal echoed through the narrow corridor like a warning bell. Cold air slipped through the gaps in the wooden planks as the…
Father too, the city is ash, but I am alive. If you live life kindly,” the words blurred as tears mixed with dirt on her…





