Issue 129

I felt a thrilling moment of relief, amazed that I had been freed of the burden of a child, then crushed by guilt for having felt so.

WEARY AND NUMB, Niam Khabbaz trudged through the streets of Rising Sun. Her heart was pounding for no apparent reason as she made her way through the narrow passages she knew so well. She paused briefly when she noticed the police cars and ambulances outside her house, and as soon as she spotted her neighbors…