Seasons of Glass and Iron

Amal El-Mohtar Starlit Wood 2016 2016

ShortStory 5,617 words Recommended by 10 award/anthology sources

Tabitha has been walking a long time, trying to wear out seven pairs of iron shoes; Amira has been sitting alone on a glass hill that suitors try to climb.

Fairy Tale Retelling Friendship Intertextual

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Slow Burn Tender Queer Identity Hopeful Introspective Defiant Bodily Autonomy Speculative Fiction Trauma Secondary World Lyrical Lyrical Prose Sacrifice Melancholic Survival Belonging Fantasy Literary Close Third Person Identity Bittersweet Character Driven

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