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Mother Night by Theodora Goss Last night I went to the house of my mother, Night. Her house has many doors, some large, some smaller than a mouse hole. You are welcome at all of them. Her house has many … Continue reading →

The Phantom Lover by Theodora Goss The one I have loved is a shadow or the ghost of a dream, a phantom made of starlight cast on a stream, whose voice is the murmur of beeches, whose touch the wing … Continue reading →

The Fox Wife by Theodora Goss I saw you dancing in a glade alone, feet bare and dressed in nothing but a rag, your red hair like a fire around your head. I had to stand and look and keep … Continue reading →

The Sound of Rain by Theodora Goss Is there anything as beautiful as the sound of rain when you are tucked safe and warm and fed into a comfortable bed with roses on the counterpane, while through the window comes … Continue reading →

A Taxonomy of Storms by Theodora Goss You tell me there are seven kinds of storms. Rainstorms that come in autumn, soaking the leaves which have fallen, red and gold, on the city sidewalks, running down the gutters and into … Continue reading →

Tell Me Your Name by Theodora Goss Tell me your first name. Tell me your last name, the one your father gave you, your patronymic. Tell me your middle name, the one you don’t like, which was also your grandfather’s … Continue reading →

The Thieves by Theodora Goss If you will steal for me the stars, my love, I’ll stitch them randomly on my coat of night, where they will glitter like a hundred eyes. And I will steal for you the grinning … Continue reading →