I wrote this short story in May 2016 as part of my assessed work for a Creative Writing course at the Australian National University.

Short story submission #6 to daily writing challenge 'Like the Prose' (1 complete story per day for a month). Original submitted 7/6/20

My round 2 submission to 2019 NYC Short Story competition. Write a fairy tale. Revised 16 January 2022 for my blog.