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River West

River West is a writer, parent, and inveterate night owl who loves writing the strange and unexpected across many genres. She has no pets, but at least half a dozen geckos live in her house. Or maybe she lives in their house. She enjoys coffee, walking, music, and silence. She can be found online at riverweststories.com.

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Into The Forest

He needles their stepmother, echoes her words and mimics her walk, unravels her yarn and says the cat did it, even crumbles his thin shaving of the last bread into a mess on the table though his stomach gripes and yawns with hunger like everyone else's. Gretel sees her…