Feast — Arden Aoide

Sometimes you want comfort food.
Sometimes you want to sink your teeth into a bone-in rare rib-eye with no utensils.
Sometimes those things are the same thing.
This is for you.

Features Dahlia and Want Not.

Dahlia

Crisp white shirt.
Fluorescent glare from his watch as he adjusts his tie.
He looks smart. He might be. Whoever he is.
But it's the guy behind him on his knees plugging in a vintage IBM who is the smart one.
Like, really smart. If he wasn't, they wouldn't call him so much to fix what they can't.
Did I mention he's a genius?
He drives a sensible car. He's nice to his sister. He can look after himself.
But even with poor impulse control and severe ADHD, he worships me.

Want Not

From the womb, you are owned.
Want Not pulls you into the patriarchal society of secessionist Texas. It's hopeless from the first sentence.
It's Shula Kelley's wedding day, and there's only one way she will allow it to end.
There's only one thing she can control.
But first acts of rebellion leave the future uncertain.
Once her veil is lifted, her path detours, for better or worse, but one she can live with for now.
But how can she truly love when she only knows obedience?
How will she stay safe when the enemy is much more sinister than an oppressive government?