Akis Linardos

Akis is a writer of bizarre things, a biomedical AI scientist, and maybe human. He’s also a Greek that hops across countries as his career and exploration urges demand. Find his fiction at Apex, Dread Machine, Gamut, Apparition Lit, Heartlines Spec, and visit his lair for more: https://linktr.ee/akislinardos

We All Become the Bedrock

Akis Linardos

She was born in the Cave, emerged from the cocoon of shattered stalactites soaked in vestigial groundwater like all daughters before her. Her first name was Kori, her second, Mama, and now finally everyone calls her Yaya, the eldest. Even after so long, a sinful child whose hunger for adventure once lured her old family […]