“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
Nebula-nominated Beth Cato is the author of the Clockwork Dagger duology and the Blood of Earth trilogy 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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