The Hatching - Rapid River Magazine Arts & Culture

By Ezekiel Boone

Deep in the jungle of Peru, a black, skittering mass devours a tourist whole.

Thousands of miles away, an FBI agent investigates a fatal plane crash in Minneapolis, making a gruesome discovery.

Unusual seismic patterns register in an Indian earthquake lab, confounding scientists there.

The Chinese government “accidentally” drops a nuclear bomb in an isolated region of its own country.

As these incidents sweep the globe, a mysterious package from South America arrives at a Washington, DC laboratory.

Something wants out.