"Don't Scratch" is a flash fiction story by Ai Jiang, paired with Nicole Dieker's "How I Learned to Read", in an exclusive split chapbook.
"Don't Scratch" was originally published in Tales From Between, February 2022.
Ai Jiang is a Chinese-Canadian writer, Ignyte Award winner, Nebula and Locus Award finalist, and an immigrant from Fujian currently residing in Toronto, Ontario. She is a member of HWA and SFWA. Her work can be found in F&SF, The Dark, Uncanny, among others. She is the recipient of Odyssey Workshop’s 2022 Fresh Voices Scholarship and the author of Linghun and I AM AI.