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Once there was a girl who lived in a humble home with her father and her stepmother, a pair weathered The father and stepmother were doing the best they could. She did not tell her father and stepmother about her wolf sightings, just kept them to herself like a father and stepmother. The morning sun brushed the forested hills across the lake as the girl embraced her father and stepmother

Mercy and her best friend Sherry dream of escape, and it is only after years of fear and setbacks that Mercy discovers a way to cultivate new growth from the collected tears of her pain. She must understand her mother’s pain without succumbing to it, and her journey to find and harness her I loved Mercy’s voice which narrates the novella. You can find the book here.

If she doesn't sell any matches, then her father will beat her for bringing no coins home. Rather than go home after no customer comes to help, the girl crouches between two sumptuous houses and They show her visions of loveliness to help her cope with the cold. When she sees her grandmother in heaven, the girl asks for her grandmother to take her there. But here, Death says no. He gives life, rather than reaps it.

to navigate her own turbulent adolescence. Alice Hoffman is at her best when exploring magic, and The Invisible Hour oozes with it. Her prose casts a magic spell over her readers, leading them to a deeper understanding of the power of I loved every word of The Invisible Hour. Hoffman’s writing offers her readers both a romantic escape and a social exploration.

between the pressure to marry and leave the island and the need to stay on the island and care for her obligations and her desires. I loved it!You can find it here . Her poetry has also been featured or is forthcoming in Blue Heron Review , Mermaids Monthly , Eternal her at https://kellyjarviswriter.com/

I’m also proud of how Kelly Jarvis and I put this issue together (especially Kelly), as we are still Quiet,” Helen Patrice “A Prince's Perspective,” Lauren Reynolds “Stained,” Raina Alidjani “A World In Her

She’d never had the stamina for crafts herself, despite Grandma’s urges: “I think you’ll find you have Her hair floated round her head, the silver only streaks. I don't know anything about patchwork, Grandma." "Never mind that, Lizzie. The puddles! I need my spirit to be healed, thought Lizzie. But how? "Where should I go?" “Anywhere you like. Excuse me, another admission to log."

And so, I suggest you burst into flame instead: regold your glory outward. cease, never let them hold your tongue. *** To learn more about the mythical Philomela, you can go HERE Her poetry has been published in such journals as Alaska Quarterly Review, The Normal School, The Massachusetts

I saw like her & she saw me flaking into an arctic wind. Frostbitten lips kiss best. In her sleigh bed of ice we tangle under snow sheets kissing away the wildfires that sent us flying away Her debut poetry collection, Rivers in Your Skin, Sirens in Your Hair, is forthcoming from Android Press

Goss begins her collection with an introduction titled “Why I Write Fantasy”, sharing her experience Goss attributes her love of fantasy literature to her liminal existence between two homes and reveals In her introduction, Goss reveals that it “took a long time...to become a writer. Goss uses stunning images and beautiful words to cast a spell over her readers. You can pre-order the e-book edition here.

Darragh Thorn uses a magic rose to transform and align his body with his masculine gender identity, his father After ten years of adventure on the high seas, Darragh returns home to find his father gravely ill and characters, and themes from “Beauty and the Beast” including roses, thorns, statues, books, ineffective fathers She lives, happily ever after, with her husband and three sons in a house filled with fairy tale books

He slinks to the shed at the back of the world, where his father locked up his paints. Far away, his father rolls over in his sleep and sighs. Painter’s father roars over him in a tide of frozen wind. All winter, Painter makes do with what his father has allowed. He goes to his father and apologizes.