The Giant with No Heart in Her Body
ShortStory 3,280 words Recommended by 3 award/anthology sources
"The truth is that I lost my arm the same summer I lost my brother. Lost is a euphemism. In fact, my arm was retrieved by the paramedics and brought to the hospital, along with the two fingers severed from my left hand, and the various parts of my brother’s body. My right arm was broken in three places: I can still feel the ache and itch of my poorly mended bones."
Content warnings 3
body-horrordeathdeath-of-a-loved-one
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