Mother's Hip
ShortStory 5,783 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources
"High above the Amazon Rainforest, Hynd circled, her massive wingspan only visible by the shadow she cast on the battlefield below. She felt the wind pass across her wings, whispering of torrential rain coming; not her concern, so far above the clouds, but she packaged the data and shot it down..."
Content warnings 3
body-horrorviolencewar
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