The Tributary...

“Watching in stunned disbelief, Maria gasped as it froze in midair, mid-flight – its bizarre, tiny, yet strangely endearing, humanoid-like fingers twitching as it struggled to comprehend its newly found captive status – the thin membrane between its large, fully extended wings as it hung in the air, glowing in the light like some ghoulish, satanic effigy – a trophy to some despicable act.” Jonathan Stubbs, The Tributary