Hoodie
ShortStory 3,523 words Recommended by 4 award/anthology sources
"A hoodie is what a Soucouyant give birth to when she trick a Midnight Robber.” Or so Rose calls herself. Passed off to orphanages. No idea who her mother and father were. Didn’t know the source of herself. Because she wasn’t given a proper foundation to stand in the world, Rose got resourceful. She has a voice … she has a voice. So sing."
Content warnings 1
suicide
Quasar links out; the story lives on Apex, where the author gets the click.