Bloom Like Roses, Wild and Thorned

by Jessica Lévai

Perhaps you’ve heard the tale of a poor merchant who set out to seek his fortune, leaving his daughter home with the promise of a rose. There was a storm. There was a castle. There was a Beast.

The merchant spends most nights down at the tavern. Buy him a drink and he’ll tell you the whole story, or as much as he cares to remember. He’ll tell you how he reached the castle just in time, how invisible servants catered to his every need, how he was safe at last. At first. Until the rose. (Continue Reading…)