"Joshua Tree" by Emma Bull

First published in The Green Man (Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, editors), Viking. Now available in And Other Stories by Emma Bull and Will Shetterly, an ebook and a trade paperback from all fine and some not-so-fine booksellers.

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Joshua Tree

by Emma Bull
My name is Tabetha Sikorsky. Yes, that’s usually spelled “Tabitha,” but spelling has never been my mom’s hot subject. I’m not sure what my dad’s hot subject is, but I hope it’s wood shop, since he’s now living in Phoenix nailing r...