β Scribed by David Nickle
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Black Quill Award Winner, Best Dark Genre Collection (2010)
A young bride and her future mother-in-law risk everything to escape it. A repentant father summons help from a pot of tar to ensure it. A starving woman learns from howling winds and a whispering host, just how fulfilling it can finally be.
Can it be love?
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