There was steel, and light.
The steel was in her hand, and where it cut, it demarcated: a line between correct and incorrect, evidence and conjecture; a line fanned out around two chilly breasts. The air was cool and sharp with bleach. The scalpel moved. Stiff skin split.
Madeline Frost peeled back the chest flap and said, "Fractures visible on ribs eight and nine."
"Five Autopsies" - by Leah Bobet
"Survival" - Ashton, VA, October 19, 2011
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February 14, 2010 -We've added a Getting Started page to orient new readers.
February 7, 2010 -Season 3 has begun!
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March 29, 2009 - Season 2's extras now have their own page here.
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