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Twilight of the gods / Tiffany Elliott
Twilight of the gods / Tiffany Elliott

Skeleton Woman bared the fisherman, slipped a finger into his warmth, retrieved the heart, clasped it to her core.

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Monster, Folklore, RetellingKayla AllenFebruary 16, 2019
A Night to Yourself / Isabella Domingo Hendricks
A Night to Yourself / Isabella Domingo Hendricks

You want to say, they aren’t nightmares. You say, “I haven’t been alone in years.”

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Fairy Tale, Monster, RetellingKayla AllenFebruary 9, 2019
The Singer and the Storyteller / Kwan-Ann Tan
The Singer and the Storyteller / Kwan-Ann Tan

I can only remember how pale she was, how I wondered what weights she was carrying in her soul to bow her head so low.

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Fairy Tale, RetellingKayla AllenFebruary 2, 2019
cocytus / Rebecca Kokitus
cocytus / Rebecca Kokitus

we guard our teeth as soft / handed women guard / their pearls                

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Mythology, OriginalKayla AllenJanuary 26, 2019
Our Time of Telling / Meena Rakasi
Our Time of Telling / Meena Rakasi

Within the tower there was no want for anything but soft gentleness and simple fire.

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Fairy Tale, Princess, Retelling, Queer HeroKayla AllenJanuary 19, 2019
The Gift of Baba Yaga / Catherine Kyle
The Gift of Baba Yaga / Catherine Kyle

Muttering, / she handed me / grinning flame. / I did not know / its will.

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Folklore, Witch, RetellingKayla AllenJanuary 14, 2019Monstrous Women
The Wolf Isn't The Only One Who Hides In Human Clothes / Natalie Wang
The Wolf Isn't The Only One Who Hides In Human Clothes / Natalie Wang

I would have a word / tucked under my tongue / that would crack a man's bones / until they splintered through flesh.

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Fairy Tale, Monster, RetellingKayla AllenJanuary 5, 2019
leave / Andy Winter
leave / Andy Winter

for every nettled night / there was a bullet of / lipstick blooming

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Fairy Tale, Princess, OriginalKayla AllenDecember 14, 2018
A Pillow, Discarded / Amanda Crum
A Pillow, Discarded / Amanda Crum

She thinks of / ripe tomatoes on the sill, an oven full of fruit simmering, / a fire on the verge of blaze.

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Fairy Tale, Princess, RetellingKayla AllenDecember 7, 2018
The Witch's Wife / Erin Moran
The Witch's Wife / Erin Moran

They looked up at her, palms out, mouths stained with chocolate. Behind them, the mailbox stood half-eaten.

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Fairy Tale, Witch, Queer Hero, RetellingKayla AllenNovember 30, 2018
When They Ask About Us / Stephanie Chan
When They Ask About Us / Stephanie Chan

The snakes aren't as bad as everyone says. You didn’t expect this: / I can tell from your expression.

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Mythology, Monster, Retelling, Queer HeroKayla AllenNovember 16, 2018
Monstrous / Sarah Chevallier
Monstrous / Sarah Chevallier

I’d like for you to cast an enchantment on me. To other women, I will appear as I am. Ordinary. Human. But to men, I will be hideous. A monster.

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Mythology, Monster, RetellingKayla AllenNovember 16, 2018Monstrous Women
Heart of Stars / T.R. North
Heart of Stars / T.R. North

The witches warned them that the homeworld had become a wild place, and that the sun and moon had become dim.

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Mythology, Witch, Princess, RetellingKayla AllenNovember 7, 2018Sister Stories
What the River Took and What the Knife Gave Back / Kanika Lawton
What the River Took and What the Knife Gave Back / Kanika Lawton

Forgiveness is a knife, blunt despite the whetstone.

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Folklore, RetellingKayla AllenOctober 26, 2018Sister Stories
Girl of Wonder / Keren Chelsea Guevara
Girl of Wonder / Keren Chelsea Guevara

Her heart is always singing a song, always coming up roses, always aching to be touched and to touch in return.

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Fairy Tale, Princess, RetellingKayla AllenOctober 19, 2018
The Year We Fell In Love & the Forest Happened Around It / Topaz Winters
The Year We Fell In Love & the Forest Happened Around It / Topaz Winters

With the boys too asleep to police us, our bodies were no longer crime scenes, but gardens.

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Fairy Tale, Princess, Retelling, Queer HeroKayla AllenOctober 5, 2018
Painted Bread / Elizabeth Theriot
Painted Bread / Elizabeth Theriot

Outside the snow sifted through the air like powdered sugar. Betty climbed from the baking table, crumbs showering the floor like a way home.

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Fairy Tale, RetellingKayla AllenAugust 3, 2018
The Flea Wife / Tria Wood
The Flea Wife / Tria Wood

Even though she was far away from the village, she carried its terrible secrets, and her heart and soul grew heavy with them.

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Fairy Tale, OriginalKayla AllenJuly 27, 2018
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