The darkness, too, is a presence. It, too, is distinct. She feels it around her in every direction; she feels direction itself. She understands that she might swim first one way, and then another. She might swim in a circle that forever retreads her previous path, or she might point herself in a particular direction and swim and swim until she reaches a place she has never reached before.
Jennifer Hudak, “Never Already Always”
Jennifer Hudak is a Nebula-nominated speculative fiction writer whose work can be found in venues such as The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet, The Sunday Morning Transport, and Strange Horizons. She is a 2018 graduate of the Viable Paradise workshop and a member of the Codex Writers’ Group. Originally from Boston, she now lives with her family in Upstate New York where she teaches yoga, knits pocket-sized animals, and misses the ocean. Find out more about her at JenniferHudakWrites.com.
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