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AVRA MARGARITI: What Happens in the Woods Behind Your Children’s School

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The students had dug a grave.

The children had sharpened their knives.

The cult had sacrificed a deer.

“Do you think bad luck will chase us?” someone asked Yanni, the leader.

“This isn’t Ancient Greek class.”

Something watched from the thicket, something of the woods, dark and ancient.

It smiled.

Avra Margariti is a Social Work undergrad from Greece. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Daily Science Fiction, The Forge Literary, The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts, and other venues. You can find her on Twitter at @avramargariti.

AVRA MARGARITI: Crayola

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The child therapist gave me a box of Crayola markers, told me to match the colors to my emotions.

“This is stupid.”

He said, “I know.”

I grabbed the black marker and discarded the rest.

He sighed. “Your mother is going to die.”

Without looking up, I said, “I know.”

Avra Margariti is a queer Social Work undergrad from Greece. She enjoys storytelling in all its forms and writes about diverse identities and experiences. Her work has appeared in Wolfpack Press, The Writing District, Dime Show Review, and Page & Spine.