Brightly, Undiminished
ShortStory 2,299 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources
"Witchcraft is a gift. Imelda would wave her steel spoon at Mercer and insist on this as he measured ingredients for her, whether she was boiling potions or a pot of farfalle pasta. Watch the salt, a teaspoon only, never pour too much. Don’t overheat the sauce. Bottle the hawks’ gizzards separate from the basilisks’."
Content warnings 2
death-of-a-loved-oneillness-and-pandemic
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