The Girl Who Gave Her Name to the River
There was once a girl who lived at the edge of a river that had no name, and so neither did she. Her mother had meant to name her something bright — Lena, or Clara, or perhaps Wren — but …
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The Girl Who Bargained With the Sea
There was once a girl who lived in a house that smelled of salt and rotting nets, and who had never once been loved the way the stories promised. Her mother had been a selkie — everyone in the village …
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Once there was a girl who was born with a hole in her chest, right where her heart should have been. Not a wound, not an injury — just a clean, dark hollow, like a keyhole waiting for the right …
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