Goddess, Worm by Cassandra Khaw - Uncanny Magazine

Goddess, Worm - Uncanny Magazine

Three lies: One: Silence is permission; quiescence, acceptance; yes is yes means always yes. Two: This is the way of gods and beasts, a tradition of power. The men take, the woman is taken, her boundaries malleable, her desire negligible. This is cultural, universal, axiomatic fact. Mythology is unkind, deification teeth-marked by sacrifice.

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Uncanny Magazine Issue Fourteen, January/February 2017