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Tommy Swerdlow's avatar

Get your Campbell on, old son. I’m on board and waiting for the next one.

Adam Nathan's avatar

(It took me a minute. I started with soup.)

Deirdre Lewis's avatar

Love this. I hope there are more. This is a great story to read under the covers!

Doctrix Periwinkle's avatar

Beautiful. Thank you.

Lor's avatar

Shapeshifting, mythology, vengeful incantations, power, and origins of goddesses. And of course, a dark forbidden forest. I guess I don’t need to tell you that I’m fascinated by these stories and have read a few recent takes of the old ones. A great ending . I hope there is more where that came from. Like a big ancient book with a weathered binder, the title faded beyond recognition. I want to find a cozy chair and settle in , with a new, old tale.

Adam Nathan's avatar

“Shapeshifting, mythology, vengeful incantations, power, and origins of goddesses.” That makes perfect sense! A “new, old tale.” It was fun chasing the “voice” for this one. Zero psychological investigation. It’s against every one of my instincts :-) Myths seem to operate and satisfy with a different toolkit. ❤️

Isabel Cowles Murphy's avatar

glorious. what a gift this morning. thank you.

Kimberly Warner's avatar

A story like this doesn’t just tell itself—it reverberates, reshaping what we thought we knew. The moon now holds the weight of longing and loss, of desire turned to ash. I will never see her without hearing the howling in the dark, the echo of a sister’s fate. Thank you for this tale—it moves like myth, inevitable and eternal. Brother’s Grimm look out! Here comes Adam.

Adrian's avatar

There is sadness here, and yet it was predictable