Abstract
In a rain-soaked village, young Pandora arrives with her dying parents and learns from three pillars who hold the community together: an Elder who teaches plant remedies, a Mentor who disciplines children, and a Worker who mends in darkness. After her parents die under suspicious circumstances, whispers of foul play spread through the town. As neighbors turn against the pillars, Pandora sweeps quietly through the chaos, her eyes downcast, her hands steady. A psychological tale of manipulation and moral ambiguity, told through the voice of a child whose silence becomes the town's undoing.
Bio
Aquille Swift writes psychological fiction that explores moral ambiguity and the darker aspects of human nature. Their work focuses on unreliable narrators and the fracturing of communities. "Where Shadows Take Root" examines how darkness takes hold through a child's perspective.
Recommended Citation
Swift, Aquille
(2025)
"Where Shadows Take Root,"
Night Flight: Online Literary Journal: Vol. 6
, Article 36.
Available at:
https://commons.erau.edu/night-flight/vol6/iss1/36