The House of Eve

by Sadeqa Johnson

Each story has a monster in it who made them tough instead of brave, so they open their legs rather than their hearts where the folded child is tucked.

“Art is the friend that you can always return to. It will always be there to heighten your feeling of aliveness. Keep going.”

Sometimes there are no words to help one’s courage. Sometimes you just have

to jump.

There are no good girls gone wrong—just bad girls found out.