Everyone cried, I am sure, except for the boy, who stared, transfixed, into the box

Here’s what happened when you were attacked by a werewolf: You got eaten or you survived. But you weren’t out of the woods if you lived.

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Cloth arms bound, embroidered eyes blindfolded, shoved in a dark corner to make things right

by Hadassah Shiradski The Toymaker sat in his workshop, gloved hands folded in his lap. His apron was heavy; the iron thimbles on his...

My mother hummed in the kitchen, the smell of liver wafting from the stove.

In Chicago, he cuts a jogger’s throat and leaves her under a park bench, then brings home a fashion doll with a real leather jacket.

Daggers, made of glass.

I like to think I have a good relationship with the elves in my home. I buy a little extra at the supermarket to make a second portion...