Description
"'There's a body for you downstairs,' Cassia's mother announces, wiping the blood from her hands as she passes the open bedroom door. 'All set and ready for you.' "Her words spark a flood of excitement in Cassia, and she springs from her bed to follow her mother down the stairs and into the kitchen. Her fingers itch to snatch up the scalpel, to dig under the skin and see what lies within the corpse." Cassia can't wait for her next dissection. But what will she discover inside this body? • • • Initially published on November 7, 2022, at Short Fiction Break, this story won an Honorable Mention in The Write Practice 2022 Fall Writing Contest. All rights belong to Allie April Knox. Allie April Knox is a native of the farmland of Central New York as well as a part-time laundry service employee. She can usually be found listening to movie soundtracks amidst writing about the unnatural aspects of our seemingly normal reality. "Pumpkin Pie & Formaldehyde" is her debut short story.
Pumpkin Pie & Formaldehyde
