Bats Don't Sing

"Bats don't sing. But man, I'll tell ya. When you hear Stinger performing, it's like your own personal vacation to the moon... That's why they call him The Milkyway." My character Stinger singing his heart out like he always wanted. He died his wool plumage pink despite what the others of the flock said about it. Just as his songs can take you to the stars, when he's up there on that stage, the earth falls away beneath him, and everyone disappears. And at last, he finds himself where he's at his happiest and most free. The top of the universe. -Excerpt and character from "Bats Don't Sing" [2019] by Deszha Vaughn (Dey V. Jones).