“There’s Nothing and No One to Stop Me” published in Abyss & Apex Magazine

“The house is clean so there’s nothing to stop me /
The dishes are fed and asleep /
The curtains are bare and looking out sweetly /
The nightstands are two whiskeys deep /”

— "There's Nothing and No One to Stop Me" by Emmie Christie

Photo by Timo Stern

A woman backpacking through a narrow city street