All that remained of Chana came back from Kraków in a little wooden box: a golden chain with a pendant, a palm facing out with a carved unblinking eye to protect from evil.

A Toitele (​​א טויטעלע) has been published in The Dark Magazine. | Art by Anastasia Haberling.

When Golde is hurriedly betrothed to a man she hasn’t seen since she was a child in exchange for a ticket across the sea, she must come to the bottom of why her uncle insists that a man who seems determined to hide from the law is a good man.

I am my Beloved’s and my Beloved is Mine can be found in Crimson Bones. | Art by Daniella Batsheva.

When she’d first arrived in New York, she had been filled with awe at Fern’s. It was huge, with narrow, steel-framed windows that looked like black eyes in the red-brick facade. It stood so tall, like all the buildings in Manhattan. In the time since she had arrived, she’d slowly stopped looking up, and so had stopped noticing just how small she was. Fern’s stopped feeling so overwhelmingly big that it could crush her.

Maybe she could crush it.

Singer of Righteousness can be found in Let’s Eat! The Days of Awe Anthology | Art by amueliart.

𝘌𝘯𝘪𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤, 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵.⁣
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“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘴: 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵,” 𝘌𝘯𝘪𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘵. 𝘌𝘯𝘪𝘥’𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘱𝘪𝘥. “𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘸𝘢𝘺. 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.”⁣

Two by Two by Two was published in Issue 6 of Heartlines Spec magazine! | Art by Mattie Victoria

There is a nervousness in your eyes, like a filly who accidentally kicked her dam. This is new for you, but not to me. I have seen this filly-nervous look before in your mother, in her mother, in her mother’s mother.

This, too, is magic was published in the inaugural issue of Plott Hound Magazine. | Art by Kristy Serpa.