Holly Schofield travels through time at the rate of one second per second, oscillating between the alternate realities of city and country life. Over one hundred of her speculative stories have appeared in Analog, Lightspeed, Escape Pod, and many other publications throughout the world. Find her at hollyschofield.wordpress.com.
Bark & Bone Contribution
Bear #178 is told from the perspective of a genetically modified bear forced to live by human rules. Here’s a snippet:
I snuffle and paw at my scar. The box in my head does not help me figure out where to go or how to find food. But, I realise, it has helped me figure out something else: the wise and clever scientists have enhanced my brain because they do not want to make hard decisions.
They want me to make them instead.
Space Cat Press 