A dystopian short story on healthcare and the pandemic by our Editor-in-Chief Forrest Maynock.
Category: Short story

Tales in an old country pub.
この胸に抱えた秘密をさらけ出してしまえば、記憶に満ちるインクの汚れも、禊落すことができるだろうか。足枷の鍵を彼から返してもらうことができるのだろうか。私の罪は、誰かに裁いてもらえるだろうか。誰にも裁いてもらえないだろうか。

A Sci-Fi short story from Forrest about a man who awakens to find himself alone on spaceship with an urge to escape.
This story depicts a life of a young African American boy who is in his second year of high school. After the global pandemic hit, his parents are constantly busy with their night shift at Stevenson Hospital. In this story, we see the dark reality of social inequality in today’s world and how the spread of Covid-19 makes this disaster visible.