"The Giving Heart" by Corie Ralston
Corie Ralston's "The Giving Heart" in this month's Clarkesworld is touching and fun, injecting all the gruesome charm and efficiency of a fairy tale into a contemporary sort of setting and emotional space. Reminds me of a less oblique Kelly Link story.
"I have a thing growing inside me where my heart used to be," he said. "I'm going to have it surgically removed."
She gave him a blank look. He handed her the literature.
"This is very strange," she said finally.
Read it here.
"I have a thing growing inside me where my heart used to be," he said. "I'm going to have it surgically removed."
She gave him a blank look. He handed her the literature.
"This is very strange," she said finally.
Read it here.