A Dark and Drowning Tide

by Allison Saft

“You know, I hear she likes the tall and gloomy type.”

Same girl, same.

“Lorelei, have you…read my books?”

Give me the “I’ve read all your books” trope everytime!!!

The truth was, Lorelei had read every word Sylvia had ever published.

But knowing that she was a bloviating try-hard, a fop with a too-loud voice and a too-easy smile…It was almost too much for her pride to bear. That was the moment she decided to hate Sylvia von Wolff.

Sometimes, she despised herself. Most of the time, really.

My inner monologue, most of the time.