On the Savage Side

by Tiffany McDaniel

witch is not a pointy hat or a broom or warts. A witch is merely a woman who is punished for being wiser than a man. That’s why they burned her. They tried to burn away her power because a woman who says more than she’s supposed to say, and does more than she’s supposed to do, is a woman they’ll try to silence and destroy. But there are some things that not even fire can destroy. One of those things is the strength of a woman. Don’t you want to be a woman like that? A woman with power?”

Who do you tell about the demons when the demons are the ones who you tell?

“Oh, Arc, I envy the woman who is not tired. If such a woman exists.”