The Raven Comes to Visit
The red of a rose. The promise of a ring. The memory of a bone. I know not what he does with these gifts, but I know I cannot stop him, lest he take something he shouldn’t.
Read MoreA Note on the Snakes of Thebes
“At first,” Tiresias said, “I believed the greater marvel was that I had become a woman. I was mistaken. The greater marvel was becoming a man again.”
Read MoreWhat the Tongue Keeps
Mireille turned it into the tie between us that neither of us chose, which was accurate and complete and utterly hollow, four words standing where one word used to stand with a whole civilization behind it.
Read MoreIn the Eyes of God
God loves all of her creations, but I am not one of them.
Read MoreDeath's Portrait
They made a bargain: George would have three chances to paint Death’s likeness—which was nigh on impossible—and if he succeeded, Death would spare his life.
Read MoreThe Painter and the Pale
“Let him paint. Let him see. The Painter had arrived. And the Pale would never look the same again.”
Read MoreHer Garden
Hours are spent in the garden, planting and pruning. They never water anything.
“If it’s meant to survive, the earth will make sure it does,” their mother always says.
Read MoreThe Woman Who Learned to Turn Gold Back into Skin
Gold was not the opposite of death. Gold was simply another way of being unable to change.
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