The Wretched
FEATURED IN: FRIGHTMARISH ZINE – Issue 5 from Northern Gothic Press
- Publication date: March 2023
ABOUT THE WRETCHED
When a bleating lamb arrives at Baba Yaga’s door, the fabled old woman shelters the young woman from things dark and hungry that demand penance
PUBLICATION DETAILS
Inspired by witchcraft and the occult, this issue explores loss, mourning, and perseverance over even the most harrowing experiences.
Size: 5.5×8.5 inches
Length: 32 pages
Included in Issue 5:
- FEATURED STORY: The Wretched by Mary Rajotte
- GUEST AUTHOR FICTION: The Gingerbread Witch at the End of the World by A.V. Greene
- FOLKWAYS: Tales & Lore Of Times Past – The Moon
- GUEST AUTHOR FEATURE: The End Is Here and It’s Not the End by A.V. Greene
- FLASH FICTION: This Loathsome Legacy by Mary Rajotte
- ARTWORK: William Bartlett
- ACTIVITY PAGES: Word Search, Maze
AN EXCERPT
© MARY RAJOTTE
The spite-fuelled gibes seeped like arsenic into the earth, leaving nothing more than hollowed tree husks in their wake. Edging closer, the mob sharpened their cleavers with leather strops and withered my oak’s branches with their loathing. Wan and wispy like sickly animals, they circled and bared their teeth, bringing forth logs with their ends shaved into pikes to batter my hut. They stomped their boots, then raked through my garden to destroy the life-giving plants. Poured lye into the soil, then spat in it to befoul it. Taking turns, they clawed at my cottage, setting the thatch on my roof alight.
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