Burnt Tongues: An Anthology of Transgressive Short Stories

Some beliefs die hard, and when they shudder their last breath, it shakes your insides like a million butterflies are trapped in your chest. A feeling like dying, like fear, like falling

Still others found themselves declared mentally insane for possessing traits applauded in men but inappropriate for women. Assertiveness. Questioning authority. Self-dependence.

For every incident you probably didn’t survive, there’d be as many alternate lives where you improbably did.