Unwittingly, her family was blotting out her summer.
© Nadia Brown, 2016
Unwittingly, her family was blotting out her summer.
© Nadia Brown, 2016
Their posture was content; their faces silhouetted against the windows.
© Nadia Brown, 2016
Isadora glared at the figures seated across from her in the soft green chairs.
© Nadia Brown, 2016
By noon, the humidity would have seeped into every corner.
© Nadia Brown, 2016
In her hospice room, July was spilling in through the windows, its opaque light unapologetic and limp.
© Nadia Brown, 2016
There would be no peaceful exit on her watch.
© Nadia Brown, 2016
There was something serene – almost rhythmical – about the process, but she didn’t want to be soothed.
© Nadia Brown, 2016
Small bits of her were disappearing; dissipating one by one.
© Nadia Brown, 2016
Isadora sat silent, feeling herself die, one angry cell after another.
© Nadia Brown, 2016