“We did consider using a vegan mix of hemlock and wolfsbane, I tell the asp, which plumes itself on being a suave and sophisticated sort of serpent …”
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Longlist – 2026 Gooseberry Pie Annual Writing Competition by Frances Gapper Day 9, month 2 of Low Water: as the great god Ra lifts his solar crown above the eastern horizon and I shiveringly prostrate...