Marisol Puga’s Reviews > Jackalope Wives and Other Stories > Status Update

“It ranked up there with the day that you realized that everybody else saw the you in the mirror, not the you inside your head. Not the you that was lean and tough and clever, not the you with perfect hair and a resonant voice that never said “Um….?” Not that you.”

“There’s people who say that witches don’t go to heaven. That sort of person acts like they’re in charge of who goes in and out, though, and I don’t know if God holds with that sort of thing. Maybe Sal did, maybe she didn’t. It’s not for me to say.  But me, I like to think that they found themselves curled up warm in an egg together, to sleep and dream of flying.”
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Nothing sweeter than an old lady and her vengeful army of birds 🥹🫶🙏

“This sort of thing happens often enough, even with boys as mortal as dirt. There’s always one who learned how to brood early and often, and always girls who think they can heal him.”
So, every boy I yearned for in high school 🤫