Author

Lauren K. Moody

Lauren K. Moody reads avidly, writes obsessively, and hopes to share all the people in her head with the rest of the world someday. For now, you can find her previously published story in the anthology Sword and Sorceress XXV, and follow her exploits online at anthimeria.dreamwidth.org.

http://anthimeria.dreamwidth.org/

The Girl She Truly Was

Long ago, an indifferent father and a sweet mother bore a child. Her father called her "son" when he called her anything at all, but her mother recognized the girl she truly was. Whatever name they gave her at birth fell away from disuse. Her mother died when she was still…