Parker, in the future, on her scooter, readying to no longer be parked.
Parker
Many girls in many dimensions, one mysterious piece of jewelry…
Angelia
Angelia, waiting to catch a flight home…
Starla
Starla used to have a black thumb. Then she found the black ring…
Millie
The first time Millie was suddenly cornered by several black SUVs, hooded and herded into one of them by burly men wearing suits, sunglasses and earpieces, she'd reacted as you might imagine anyone would…
Macaria
At this time of night, Macaria often visits the morgue…
Raven
Raven, aglow with job satisfaction at the Museum of the Odd…
Giuliana
The night before her 18th birthday, Giuliana fell asleep on Earth for the last time. Later, she realized it was far from the first time she'd been abducted. Numerous troubling occurrences—occasionally inexplicable happenings that had punched confounding holes throughout the continuity of her childhood & adolescent memories—suddenly all pieced themselves together into a coherent, canonical whole, for which her current situation, light years removed from Earth, became the only possible, inevitable adulthood.
Astraea
Astraea, in her backyard, on Mount Olympus, presumably…
Augusta
Augusta, haunted by the many ghosts of her childhood…
Elisa
Elisa, trying to figure out just what, exactly, this random street fair is celebrating…
Zuira
Zuira put on the black ring and wished for snow…