“Her First Full Breath” published in Beyond the Veil: Supernatural Tales of Queer Love
“Her mother minced her steps like she did green onions, small and quick and determined. Her waist, trained the smallest in Faize to the width of an arm, showed the beating of her heart through her spine, and the rise and fall of her lungs, stacked atop each other. ”
Photo by Austin Tate
Squirrel eating a nut in green grass