An old man with a beard longer than himself made me. He put clay into a mold and made a doll as large as life. When he was finished, he bored a hole into my breast and put a piece of bread inside, followed by a poisonous snake. Then he took the blood of a girl named...
Our beloved queen is imprisoned in a high tower—sealed in from the sun and the moon. The king has walled her in for seven years, without meat or drink. Walls built by kings don’t keep us out! We visit her twice a day, and we bring her food from heaven. Many more...
I woke in the garden and I saw blood on my apron where my child had been. The king was standing over me, blocking the sun. He was convinced that I had deliberately allowed my baby to be taken by wild beasts. He walled me into a high tower. I have not seen the sun or...
I am the mother of furies, a ball of revenge. I right wrongs and wrong rights, break bonds and scatter matter. Nothing matters to me. The last time I got released, I knocked a girl off a horse. She fell into the river. She was meant to drown in the stream, but instead...
At the first light of dawn, I set out to see the princess Goldilocks. I am sure that I can persuade her to marry the king. I must not remember the king’s cruelty to me. Only good things, only good things…. I ride alone, thinking of nothing but what might...
