Summer in Orcus

by T. Kingfisher

Summer had never had a father, and wasn’t entirely sure what you did with one,

It is a great relief, when one has thrown away normal life in search of their heart’s desire, to know that one is doing it right and isn’t going to get yelled at for going the wrong way.

and start a little before the beginning, because we are usually wrong about where things begin.”

but the world is unfair, and sometimes we must use that unfairness to our advantage.”