Chapter Author: Yvelda Rose The sound of my sneakers hitting wet asphalt echoes off the brick buildings that line the darkened alley. My sneaker lands in a too-deep puddle, soaking my jeans halfway to the knee, but I’ve got bigger things to worry about right now than wet denim. “Mommy, where are we going?” Selena, my ten-year-old daughter, muffles as she buries her face into my shoulder, and I squeeze her a little tighter. It’s hard enough running for your life, but to be ca

Chapter Author: Sin Elijah This isn’t what I had in mind when my boss said that I was going to be working in New York. I’d pictured cities, high rise apartments, and claustrophobic, unwalkable streets that somehow, thousands of people managed to walk anyway. The Big Apple. But no. Somehow, Mr. Jason Richards came up with the incredible plan to send me out to the middle of bum-fuck nowhere. I can’t even see any civilization through all the trees when I see the sign boldly clai