Where The Plains Merge With The Sky
First published in Scapezine, and Australian online magazine for Young Adult speculative fiction.
The subhuman’s name was Eleven. All day, the creature had trailed me with the insistence of a shadow. Whenever I glanced aside, its dark eyes were watching me. And now, while I was helping in the kitchen, its chest darkened with hormonal flushes.
I looked away, my hands trembling, and kept rehearsing the lines of my story.
The night was cold and full of stars. I brought the knife down on the cutting board. Two potato halves bounced over the table.
The world was covered in a coat of snow. No, it was a blanket of snow, not a coat. I picked up the potato halves and flung them in the pan. Water sloshed over the side, which Eleven hastened to mop up.
Drops
