genXcrone (she/her)The Last God of Talam Dor by M.R. Robinson
A hopeful, horrible tale about what it is that makes one a god. It's also a love story. Unbelievably wonderful.
Giganotosaurus
https://giganotosaurus.org/2026/01/01/the-last-god-of-talam-dor/
The Last God of Talam Dor - GigaNotoSaurus
Content Warning: religiously motivated ableism and homophobia, both internalized and external; self-harm; and depictions of ritual sacrifice including drowning, hanging, and burning, not very graphic. Alone but for the crows, the priestess peers through her narrow window and counts the riders. The year before, when the king sent his son to the priory to die […]
The Parsley Girl by Theodora Goss (poem). A retelling of Persinette (or Rapunzel). Wonderfully told.
Uncanny Magazine Issue 68: January/February 2026
https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-parsley-girl/
The Parsley Girl - Uncanny Magazine
I. The parsley girl is trickier than you think. Wouldn’t you be, if your own mother sold you to a witch for a bundle of parsley? Winter had come and she was craving anything green, would have eaten grass if a blade had been poking through the snow. The witch did not particularly want […]
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The (Mis)Fortunes of Saint Ilia's School for Gifted Girls, In No Particular Order by Catherine Tavares. This was a clever little mystery at a magical school that unfolded through an origami fortune teller.
The Dark, Issue 128, January 2026
https://www.thedarkmagazine.com/the-misfortunes-of-saint-ilias-school-for-gifted-girls-in-no-particular-order/
The (Mis)Fortunes of Saint Ilia’s School for Gifted Girls, In No Particular Order - The Dark Magazine
On June 17, 2004, six students and two faculty members from Saint Ilia’s School for Gifted Girls were found dead. A not altogether shocking occurrence, as mishaps of the fatal variety often happen when one thousand powered teenagers are crammed under one roof, and with a fire conveniently destroying much of the school, there is […]