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Baba Yaga Never Chased the Spiral
They found mesplitting cedarwhere the sea fogchewed at the rootsof the old forest. The air smelledof smoke,salt,and mushroomspushing upthrough last year’s leaves. “Baba,” they said,“teach us the spiral. Teach ushow to become.” The axe stopped. A raven laughed. Even my little houseturned one chicken footas if it had heardthis questionfar too many times. “The spiral?”…
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Baba Yaga and the Golden Key
Long before the first fairy learned to fly,before the first wolf learned to howl,and before children knew how to ask “Why?”,there was said to be a Golden Key. Some believed it opened a treasure chest. Some believed it unlocked a castle. Others searched the tops of mountains,the bottoms of oceans,and the oldest libraries in the…
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Baba Yaga and the Basket of Bones
I found Baba Yagawalking slowlythrough a cedar forestafter the rain. The air smelled of wet bark and earth,and the ground sighed softly beneath our steps. She carried a willow basketon one arm. The woven reeds creaked faintly,damp and darkened by the weather. It was filled with bones. Not frightening bones. Not the kindwolves leave behind.…
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Baba Yaga Says the Wildest Hearts Are Never Kept
I found Baba Yagastanding barefootwhere the cedar forestkissed the sea. The morning smelledof wet moss,woodsmoke,salt,and blackberrieswarmed by the first shy sun. She was stirringa great iron kettle. Not soup. Not spells. Love. It simmeredlike rose hips,pine needles,orange peel,old grief,and honey stolenfrom a hollow oak. The scent alonecould make a widowremember how to laugh. “Come closer,”…
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Baba Yaga and the Children Who Choose the Firelight
I found Baba Yagabefore dawn,when the mist still clungto the roots of the pineslike forgotten prayers. She was splitting cedar,each swing of her axeopening the morningwith the smell of sap,earth,and old rain. “I’ve seen a ghost,”I told her. She did not stop chopping. “They rarely stay buried.” “It wore a living face.” Now she looked…
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Slither
What’s something you used to believe as a kid that seems ridiculous now?  when I was a very young girl, I was taken to see a movie in theaters in the late 70s called Slither. At least that’s what I recall. It being called in this movie. There was a lake retreat, where people…
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