Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng

by Kylie Lee Baker

I am not going to let anyone take away what makes me a human.

There are thousands of gods that open thousands of doors to anyone who knocks. It’s about deciding which doors you want to open.”

And she doesn’t care about his redeeming traits but she knows that other people will, that the newspapers will highlight his accomplishments, that the courts will talk about him being a good father or diligent worker or a thousand other things he did that matter infinitely less than what he took from Cora.