Nikki Stinson

Nikki Stinson is an author and writing professor from Riverside, California. She is currently getting a master's in genocide studies at Stockton University (Galloway, NJ), has an MFA in Creative Writing from Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), and a BA in English from California Baptist University (Riverside, California). On The Run Fiction recently published her short story, "Where I Have Been." Nikki lives in the Philadelphia suburbs with her husband and their three sons.

Daughters of Mindanao

The water level rose to the floor of their hut despite it being a few feet off the ground. Nimuel rushed around their home, gathering everything he could carry while Ligaya got herself and their newborn together. She moved slowly, still sore from giving birth only hours before.