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She ran out of wine, so she drank blood. She ran out of blood, so she drank darkness. She ran out of darkness, so she unlocked her heart. She found Desire there and drank it until it was no more.

the laughing lake

Twelve hours burn and the sun crashes below the horizon. No one knows because no one looks for the wreckage. But the moon knows. On windy nights, I see her laughing on the surface of a lake. {flash fiction ~

how Summer killed Winter

: “I don’t know what to make of you,” said the little girl to Winter. : “Make me into a snowman,” Winter said. : “But I don’t like snowmen; they just stand there.” : “Then make us parts of a

only the sky remembers

Many years ago, the night did not end and the stars did not live far. People threw the stars across the world, and once they landed, they were thrown again. The sky was a loom of lights — arcing, burning,