story – By Autumn Rain

Alice and the Warden – 33

Alice sulked in bed with a number of candy wrappers lying around her, darkly thinking back to how much she

It was a quarter to noon when Alice woke up, with burning eyes and a heavy head. She sniffled as

I decided to change the featured image for this story, just because it’s been going for a few months. Felt

Alice sat on the couch next to Kate with a large photo album between them. Hackett had taken Alicia and

Alice had begged to stay behind, but Hackett wouldn’t hear of it. He roused her early in the morning while

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