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“I’ve eaten meat only once, and when I learned of it, I emptied my stomach into the latrine. Behind”
Charlie N. Holmberg, Magic Bitter, Magic Sweet
“I’ve eaten meat only once, and when I learned of it, I emptied my stomach into the latrine.”
Charlie N. Holmberg, Magic Bitter, Magic Sweet
“When I cut the chocolate, I take a sliver for myself, feeling its caress as it travels down my throat and swirls in my stomach, like I’ve swallowed a dance. It warms me to my fingertips and toes.”
Charlie N. Holmberg, Magic Bitter, Magic Sweet
“Cleric Tuck has a habit of being dismissive, but he’s pretty enough company that I usually don’t mind.”
Charlie N. Holmberg, Magic Bitter, Magic Sweet
“There is an abundance of maybes in our broken village, but one of them has to lead to a yes.”
Charlie N. Holmberg, Magic Bitter, Magic Sweet
“Sugar is like medicine. It swirls on the tongue and settles the gut and inspires happier thoughts to the mind.”
Charlie N. Holmberg, Magic Bitter, Magic Sweet
“There is a whole other world of spells and sorcery coexisting with my own. Alger knows it. This woman in the woods knows it. I believe, somehow, that Fyel knows it. I am completely ignorant about this hidden realm, but when I bake, I scrape my nails beneath its door.”
Charlie N. Holmberg, Magic Bitter, Magic Sweet
“like I had tumbled from the sky and hit every forest branch on the way down. Like a baby bird with featherless wings.”
Charlie N. Holmberg, Magic Bitter, Magic Sweet
“Somehow I will. I do not understand up. Down is down but up should be down too.”
Charlie N. Holmberg, Magic Bitter, Magic Sweet
“My heart swells to see the difference my treat has made to his broken countenance.”
Charlie N. Holmberg, Magic Bitter, Magic Sweet
“A tale that starts somewhere in chapter twenty and ends who knows where.”
Charlie N. Holmberg, Magic Bitter, Magic Sweet
“I remember warm embraces and diving into cool ponds until my fingers brush the silky earth at the bottom. I ponder the affection between mother and son, man and wife, friend and friend.”
Charlie N. Holmberg, Magic Bitter, Magic Sweet
“I bake inspiration into specific flavors to make it easy for those who frequent my little bakeshop to find what they need. Those with a taste for the olive oil cake crave strength, while those who come back for the berry tarts are, unknowingly, seeking wisdom.”
Charlie N. Holmberg, Magic Bitter, Magic Sweet
“I try to push past it, to feel around its edges, but it’s a spherical pit that won’t be breached.”
Charlie N. Holmberg, Magic Bitter, Magic Sweet
“I craft influential cake.”
Charlie N. Holmberg, Magic Bitter, Magic Sweet
“I am made of feathers, of bubble soap, of wind and dandelion seeds.”
Charlie N. Holmberg, Magic Bitter, Magic Sweet
“crust. It’s strange, this story of mine. A tale that starts somewhere in chapter twenty and ends who knows where.”
Charlie N. Holmberg, Magic Bitter, Magic Sweet