Waking Up Black

The bell was loud enough to be heard for miles around. That was my first thought, waking up, wondering what the sound was for. Fire alarm? Nuclear attack? But I was wrong. It was much more serious, and heard much farther away than I realized. The funny part is what I...

Ghost in the Machine

If I’m honest, I don’t wrap my sari tighter around my shoulders because I’m cold, or to hide my latest tattoo. It’s because I don’t want my clothes to brush up against anything when I walk through the War Memorial Hologram. The holo is only audio-visual, so this isn’t...