The Reformatory

by Tananarive Due

“I don’t b’lieve in ‘evil’ in most ways,” Miz Lottie said. “I believe in the devil, all right, but man don’t need no help from Satan to do what folks call ‘evil.’ Man do evil ev’ry day and call it doin’ their job.

His shock at seeing Blue in the photo made him doubt the sight of the twilight sky above him and every blade of grass beneath his feet.

For the first time, she understood the liberation of having nothing left to lose.