Pasithea

Augusta, haunted by the many ghosts of her childhood…

Elli had been angling for an invite to the Gomiumi Genomics Compound for over a year, knowing from the get-go that adding her name to the waitlist would lead only to waiting. But armed as she was with confidence, knowledge, & several years of study in Berlin under a recent Nobel Prize winner, her nascent experiments with CRISPR had drawn the interest of numerous colleagues, to such an extent that she'd been able to secure her invitation before even having to consider resorting to less savory tactics…

Persephone, enduring her least favorite part of the year…

Jolie observes an exhibit, and/or is herself an exhibit being observed…

What Saffron missed most about smoking was having a reason to compel her to take smoke breaks. So she started feeding the birds…

There was no universe in which Tricia was not obsessed with flight. In tandem with her obsession came its inevitable, plentiful opposition: a cavalcade of obstacles meant to prevent her ascent to the skies…

Kienna, working the night shift at the mermaid tadpole nursery…

Most guests at an art opening, particularly one located in a sizable outdoor sculpture garden, showed up with maximum intent to schmooze. Kenise, on the other hand, became schmoozed out especially swiftly, and thus preferred to sneak away and absorb herself in sketching…

Katharina, taking sweet, sweet revenge…

Fiola, visiting her favorite species at an otherworldly aquarium…