Post a Story for Haiti: "The Half-Sister"

Crossed Genres is running a fundraiser: Post a Story for Haiti. I am participating here with "The Half-Sister," which is the oldest of my stories that is not currently available either somewhere on the web or in The Bone Key. I would participate by posting something previously unpublished except that I don't have anything. If stories were cans of soup, my cupboard would be bare. So a reprint, especially of something that (a.) celebrates its fifth anniversary of publication this month, (b.) I'm very fond of, and (c.) got almost no attention (I don't remember finding a single review of this particular story), seems like ... well, at least it's something.

And on the subject of contributing to the relief efforts in Haiti, ursulav made me aware of something I had not known: rape was only made a crime in Haiti in 2005. Ursula also makes several other excellent points, including the fact that men's rights groups are protesting women's rights groups efforts to help Haitian women. So if you're trying to choose a charity, consider V-Day, which has a shelter already operating in Port-au-Prince. Médecins sans Frontières/Doctors without Borders and Partners in Health are other excellent choices, and you can check Charity Navigator for other ideas.

Thank you.

( The Half-Sister )