story – By Autumn Rain

Alice and the Warden – 24

When she heard the front door open, Alice slowly slid off the bed, careful not to wake her baby, then

I’ve hit 30,000 words with Alice and the Warden. While I had originally intended it to be a cutesy little

Hackett needed to run to the grocery store, but Alice wanted to stay home. Crying had left her with a

Alice lounged on the couch with her sleeping infant and Hackett’s laptop, scrolling through endless listings of baby carriers and

In the spirit of mentally changing the scenery to help stretch the kinks out, I wrote this concept story. It’s

That evening, Hackett parked in the driveway and had no sooner gotten out of his car when Alice came running

Hackett joined Alice in her room that night, and sat on her bed with his arms wrapped around her as

Alice trembled as she sat in the hard plastic chair. Hackett was standing behind her, probably much closer than he

Alicia fussed in the early hours of the morning while it was still dark, and Alice roused herself. She didn’t

Hackett checked on Alice in her room late that night, and she immediately motioned him over to her bedside. “Look,”