Tag: Caroline Goldberg Igra

Letters. Black on white. They usually adhere to their two-dimensional habitat. Sedate, well-behaved. But what happens when they leap off the surface and issue blood-curdling screams?

That is the case this grey morning. My head reflexively snaps to the side upon seeing the words on my phone, my gaze turning away, scanning the room desperate to latch on to anything but them.  It’s 7am and the notification that’s just appeared at the top of the screen confirms the death of eight soldiers.