An ongoing series of short stories about two lesbians who live in a society that chooses mates for its citizens. The stories will appeal most to those who enjoy lesbian fiction, character-driven fiction, and/or speculative fiction. A new story is posted to the site approximately every three months. . . .
Malika’s life in medieval Baghdad seems perfect. Then the rumours start surfacing—that her three husbands are (gasp!) literate. She’s pushed from her happy bubble to discover a world of murder, fanaticism, female eunuchs, genocide and spiced tea. . . .
The beginning of Maggots of Heresy has the voice of a history text. After that, we’re introduced to the scenes of a grisly murder depicted that is described as art.
This bothers me. Perhaps the author or the characters can find beauty in its feces covered ugliness, but I, as a [more . . .]