Four Words Written on My Skin
ShortStory 999 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources
"When the Fae stole my wife, I followed them into the dark woods to win her back. Jess dropped breadcrumbs along the trail, except she had no bread, so she dropped other things instead. Not far from the house, I found a blue sweater, embroidered with gold bees, still smelling of the night we cooked mussels..."
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