Shadow of a Change — Michelle Sagara

A short story of 5k words.

April Stevens works, day in and day out, in an office, part of the secretarial pool. There is nothing remarkable about her life; it is pristine, organized, ordered. She dislikes change, dislikes the unpredictable.

But she is changing, and in ways that she can't predict, doesn't understand, and can no longer hide...