Sky-Blue Bench Science Printed at Everlovin’ Press in

Printed at Everlovin’ Press in Kingston

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' SHORT FICTION AWARD***

Sky-Blue Bench Science Printed at Everlovin’ Press inIt's Afghan schoolgirl Aria's first day back at school since her accident. She's excited, but she's also worried about sitting on the hard floor all day with her new prosthetic "helper leg." Just as Aria feared, sitting on the floor is so uncomfortable that she can't think about learning at all. She knows that before the war changed many things in Afghanistan, schools like hers had benches for students to sit at. If she had a bench, her leg would not