Martina Amoretti

After retrieving a mysterious velvet pouch, Claire and Peter are on the run.

Alma walks timidly with friends on a lovely summer's day. As one of them warmly takes a selfie of the whole group, Alma looks at the phone screen and instantly realises their deepest secret may have just been revealed... A fierce anxiety attack engulfs Alma's reality, thrust into their mind's deepest, darkest corners. This ultimately forces Alma to face their authentic self, confronting what it truly means to be an outsider, a misfit, a weirdo. Alma embarks on a life-changing spiritual battle, coming to terms with who they are.

A short story about human doubt and conversion therapy.

After retrieving a mysterious velvet pouch, Claire and Peter are on the run.

Alma walks timidly with friends on a lovely summer's day. As one of them warmly takes a selfie of the whole group, Alma looks at the phone screen and instantly realises their deepest secret may have just been revealed... A fierce anxiety attack engulfs Alma's reality, thrust into their mind's deepest, darkest corners. This ultimately forces Alma to face their authentic self, confronting what it truly means to be an outsider, a misfit, a weirdo. Alma embarks on a life-changing spiritual battle, coming to terms with who they are.

A short story about human doubt and conversion therapy.