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ELENA EISS: Bird Catcher

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You caught the bird with one outstretched pinch. It fluttered fast as your heart, but you clutched its tail hard between thumb and index pads and it calmed. Cupping it in your hands, you turned it to see its eyes, each an oily globe of hate. Then it ate your nose.

Elena Eiss is a student in Pittsburgh CAPA’s Literary Arts Department. She is a fan of fiction and an avid reader. Her work has won Scholastic Writing Awards regionally and nationally, and the Pittsburgh City Theatre produced a one-act play of hers in 2021.

ELENA EISS: Reverse Fairy

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I woke to a tooth. Tucked under my pillow.

Thought it was an aspirin at first, but it was enamel smooth with little ridges and that cave where it fit in a mouth.

The spot where I’d found it waited. I dug a quarter from my laundry bin and paid.

Elena Eiss is a student in Pittsburgh CAPA’s Literary Arts Department. She is a fan of fiction and an avid reader. Her work has won Scholastic Writing Awards regionally and nationally, and the Pittsburgh City Theatre produced a one-act play of hers in 2021.