She sailed back and forth before the glass: pectoral fins steering, flukes propelling, dorsal fin slicing the surface whenever she breached to breathe. Sticky children squealed at her somersaults.

She wasn’t a prisoner. She was a scientist, studying them from her side of the glass.

Soon, revenge would be hers.

Amy Clare Fontaine is a wildlife biologist and a wildly imaginative author of fiction, poetry, and games. Her work often features fantastic creatures. Find out more at amyclarefontaine.com.