Author
Gwen Whiting
When Gwen Whiting isn't writing speculative fiction, she's spending time with her family, reading a history book, or curating museum exhibitions. She is currently collaborating with her husband James on a series of fantasy novels about a cursebreaker and her feline companion. Feel free to friend her on Facebook at @gwendolynlwhiting.
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Margaret Vine could make anyone do anything if she just looked into their eyes. The fear of her own power made her sick, so she only practiced in mirrors. It began with silly things that she thought couldn’t matter to anyone but her. Perhaps, Margaret believed, she could shape…
Chocolate
After the bombs dropped and the sickness came, when everyone was smashing windows and building barricades out of canned goods and hoarding gasoline in old cans, my mom said that old man Carter robbed a candy store. When people first heard about it, they thought he was crazy.…