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Original Image Created by Skyla Barilaro Using Adobe Illustrator They found her body on the banks of the Fourche Creek. The Freedmen’s settlement of College Station, Arkansas, normally silent, had been stirred into a frenzy over the disappearance of the Bishop’s daughter, Jonnie Mae. She was last seen a fortnight ago, leaving the church after Sunday’s sermon. It was her duty to sweep the sanctuary, draw the curtains, and lock up. Afterward, she would walk down to the creek to

Image is an original creation created by Skyla Barilaro using Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop The day began as it always had for Fatimah. Her dreams were disturbed by the squalls of an impossibly old alarm clock that screamed in spite at the traces of dawn. As her eyes adjusted to the darkness, she glared at her enemy, its face flashing four thirty. “What an ungodly hour,” she thought, but her day needed to begin. Fatimah was an assistant manager at the local deli, a job she ne