“you should smile,”
said the man
as his own smile
began to melt
his scream silenced
by viscous dribbles
of flesh
she smiled
© 2018 Beth Cato
Beth Cato
Nebula Award-nominated Beth Cato is the author of A Thousand Recipes for Revenge from 47North (summer 2023) plus two fantasy series from Harper Voyager. She’s a Hanford, California native transplanted to the Arizona desert, where she lives with her husband, son, and requisite cats. Follow her at BethCato.com and on Twitter at @BethCato.
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