LINKDING

<blockquote>The girl is gone from the castle and her stepmother wanders the corridors. Here is another way of saying the same thing: the girl wanders the corridors, but her stepdaughter is nowhere to be found.</blockquote> ➤ a Snow White retelling

<blockquote>Under the Regime of Austerity, Stella can no longer afford much color. What she gets she uses on her hair and her eyes, even though all the magazines say that's a waste. Hair falls out and eyes tear up, and eventually the color wears away and she's left with nothing until her next ration coupon. The magazines recommend using color on things like coats and shoes, things that last a long time and don't get washed often. </blockquote> ➤ I don't think the ending is satisfying, but then I don't know what would have been a satisfying ending. ➤ I found the idea interesting though, even if I spent the whole story wondering the mechanics of how this works instead of just accepting the whole thing as magic realism or whatever

<blockquote>“Burning Girls” by Veronica Schanoes is a fascinating dark fantasy novella about a Jewish girl educated by her grandmother as a healer and witch growing up in an increasingly hostile environment in Poland in the late nineteenth century. In addition to the natural danger of destruction by Cossacks, she must deal with a demon plaguing her family.</blockquote> ➤ WOW THIS WAS REALLY GOOD