A serial killer sends investigators a series of notes, detailing his crimes. In them, he mentions a married woman who drove a white grand am. He claims he murdered her and that investigators should be able to use his clues to identify her. There’s one problem though, investigators can’t find any missing person or murder cases that match these clues.

This week our guest reader is Tonya Todd. Tonya is a writer, director, actress, and activist invested in fair representation in the literary and cinematic worlds she inhabits. When not writing or filmmaking, she works as a DEI instructor, a sensitivity reader, and co-host of Femme On Podcast. She served as co-editor and contributor for the forthcoming essay collection Comics Lit, Volume 1, which highlights the value of comic books as a form of high art. Her anti-censorship series Banned Books Conversations is available on her YouTube channel and her directorial debut “Mourning Sacrifice” is slated to hit the festival circuit this year. Learn more about Tonya across social media @mstonyatodd and her website www.mstonyatodd.com.

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