What if he had no ribs? No eyes? Saw her beauty with his heart? There’d be a wedding, with cake, maybe candy. They’d need no cover, shade, no shame. What if they charmed the snake, baked the apple? What if there was only spring and summer, no winter, no fall?

Diane Gottlieb writes fiction and nonfiction—all of it true. You can find her at dianegottlieb.com and on Twitter at @DianeGotAuthor.