reading joy

Check out carolineyoachim's story "The Land of Empty Shells" in the new issue of Beneath Ceaseless Skies, now live.

The rest of the birthing was hard work, but painless. Dziko and Terra sprinkled water over the clay to soften it and kneaded the flesh together until there was no way to separate his riverbed brown from her sunset orange. Then they divided the babyflesh into two equal pieces, soon to be their children.

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I'm currently (finally!) reading Liz William's latest Inspector Chen novel, The Shadow Pavilion, and loving it. This one features the badger-teakettle in a more active role. I love these books. Perfect summer reading.