Blood in the Thread
ShortStory 2,867 words Recommended by 1 award/anthology source
Nothing tears two women apart like the men who want and take indiscriminately. In this retelling of “The Crane Wife”, a makeup artist and her actress lover struggle to stay together as the glitz and glamour of old Hollywood transforms into a cruel and manipulative beast that threatens to pluck them apart.
Content warnings 3
abusemisogynyviolence
Quasar links out; the story lives on Tor.com, where the author gets the click.