Her Body and Other Parties

heavy on the metaphors + has an eerie/haunting energy to a lot of the stories. can be quite graphic and explicit at times. but also vague and implicit at times too. really enjoyed the retelling of ‘the girl with the green ribbon' (the husband stitch). inventory was a bit wicked but i also liked it. eight bites and difficult at parties were standouts too.

Spoiler

“I will curl into her body, which was my body once, but I was a poor caretaker and she was removed from my charge.”

“It's like you're not even in there. He grabs the sides of his arms. You're responding to all the wrong things. Please stop, I say. He reaches for me, but I knock his hand away. I need you to be simple and good, I say. Can't you just be simple and good? He looks straight through me, as if I already know the answer.”