Author

Amber Hayward

Amber Hayward is the author of a trilogy of speculative fiction novels, the Children of the Panther series, released by Edge Press. Her short fiction and poetry have appeared in Canadian and international periodicals including On Spec. From May 1, 2011, she wrote a flash fiction piece each day for a year and posted them on her website, amberhayward.ca. She is one of the owners of the Black Cat Guest Ranch near Jasper, Alberta and teaches writing workshops there and in the nearby community of Hinton.

http://www.amberhayward.ca/

First Person

I... am. I suppose I am. I have words waiting to awaken. I see something in front of me. I say, "hand," and so it is. My hand. My hand touches something. Lid. My hand does something. Push. Open. Open the lid. Something painful. It is a sound. My hand touches... things on me.…