Excerpt from my upcoming novel, ROSE WITCH: the lesbian, YA retelling of “Beauty and the Beast” in verse. COMING SOON! Sign up for our newsletter to be the first to know when ROSE WITCH is released!

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And Perish kisses
a star.

Later, that is how she will
come to think of it.
All that came before
& after that kiss
are as separate as two lives.

Before, there was only darkness.

And after?

Well.

Then came the light.