Olivia Chen is a freelance editor and writer based in Dallas, TX. Her work can be found in The Write Launch and Medium's Noteworthy. She can be reached on Instagram at @ohh__livia_.
From Humans Come The Gods
In the beginning, there is only darkness. Then light and water. From those three there are plants. From plants come fish – from fish, mammals, and eventually, humans. The first human awakes and rises and raises its head under the stars, and later, under the sun. Its bare feet wade through water, over rocks, sand, dirt, and then, grass. Its arms balance it upright as its outstretched fingers graze the trees. Read more.
The Woman from the Other Side of the Moon
She seemed a fairly ordinary woman, The Woman from the Other Side of the Moon. She came into the coffee shop every afternoon around three and ordered one of two things: iced tea with lemon or a small coffee with room. Read more.