I am very happy to have a short story out in Issue 2 of Heartlines Spec. “The Bodytakers” is now free to read in Heartlines Spec. Ιt’s a tale about found family, huge tortoises with forests on their carapaces and a leap of faith. Also, dead bodies.
It’s one of the first short stories I ever wrote, and I’m very happy to see it published.
Look at this lovely pink cover!
Look at the even lovelier artwork that the journal’s Associate Editor Emily Yu made for the story. <3 It features a tortoise with a forest on its carapace, where the people in this story throw their dead. I called it a Helona after the Greek word χελώνα which translates to both tortoise and turtle.
You can take your own leap of faith, and go read the story. ^^
