They said the Heart grove Forest devoured those who strayed too deep. No teeth, but want. With hunger….

Three of them. Not human. Not entirely. Horned. Eyes like polished obsidian. Bare chests slick with dew and…

They said the forest wasn’t real. That it only appeared to women who dreamed with their thighs clenched…

He didn’t touch his wife anymore. Barely looked at her.But he kissed Clarabelle’s forehead every night. Sometimes her…

They didn’t talk about love in that house. Not out loud. But it was there — thick as…