My lover withdrew the sword from my bowels, kissed me on the lips, and lay me down into the ocean. (Even then, with poison-tinged bile upon my lips and my…
Congratulations on starting your new position as a Red Riding Hood Associate! Working for Eleanor is such a great opportunity to get your foot in the door in this industry.…
I didn’t mean to be evil. Ok? It just comes with the territory. Stepmother. Second wife. I’ve done this all before. I do. Happily ever after. Maybe that’s what they…
Nearly all the lights were on, each illuminated window a portion of his life that wasn’t hers. No movement appeared in the front; no bodies in the space between the…
The lipstick went on in a smooth, plum stroke. G looked at herself in the mirror to check the color. She wiped it off with a tissue. The counter was…
The little girl sat down to eat her banana. It was the biggest banana she had ever seen. It was the biggest banana her mother had seen. Her father said…
Aegialitid Beetle We’ve got seaweed in our hearts, said Bridget and Lev and Stanislaw all at once. They did this to see how the strangers would react. They’re very rare,…
I can hear him, feel him inside my secret heart. Looking up through the water, his feet hang over the jetty just above my world. We, who are blessed with…
You take pride in being the grounded Darling. Wendy is clearly the one “in charge,” and she pretends that these notions are one and the same, but they’re not. Yes:…
What will be remembered: My oldest sister. Beautiful and arrogant, leading us through the tunnel. She was strong-willed. She was careless. She was trapped. My youngest sister. Light-footed and clever.…
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