A collection of short stories set in a British-run detention centre for orcs, centred around two children who weren’t born as orcs. Nor did they choose to become orcs.

Stories

Night Shift. A jaded, weary guard on night shift ruminates on the orcs he’s guarding.

Maladaptive Vigilance. Hypervigilance is a recurring condition among orcs who leave the Connacht Disaster Zone.

Samples. Diarmuid and Siobhán reluctantly undergo an biopsy.

Rage Against The Mirror Self. Siobhán does not like what she thinks she sees in the mirror.

Washing-up Wrangling. While washing the dishes, Diarmuid muses on his life before being forcibly turned into an orc.

The Dwarven Tea Machine. Dwarven technology is elegant, state-of-the-art, and far more complicated than it needs to be.

What Next? Siobhán and Diarmuid discover their fate.