Category: A Fairytale for Edna

     When Edna’s eyes open, there is a familiar confusion; not of the kind that comes with memory loss, or of the kind that one has when they wake up outside, on the ground, in an enchanted world, but the kind one wakes to when they have fallen into a deep sleep at an…

     The front of the building had reminded Edna of a saloon because of its swinging wooden doors and rectangular frame, but the inside is not like a saloon. The walls are made of reddish brown clay and the back walls curve into many different rooms that bubble off the building. And the roofs…

     Gargana tiptoes through the villages. The villagers look at her in shock, and many of the mothers hurriedly gather their children and bring them to the closest house for protection. Gargana’s absence has allowed for some imaginative rumors, not all of which are flattering—not many of which are flattering. Gargana walks closely behind…

     Gargana grumbles as she busies herself in the kitchen, yet her eyes flash with color. Eventually she comes out with a heaping plate of stew for Gargan. Next comes two thimbles of stew that Gargana places quickly in front of the two guests—as though she is feeding snakes. Inside the thimbles are spoons…

     Edna follows slowly behind the giant, but Gargan keeps a fast pace. Cellu’s strong muscular legs keep an easy stride with Gargan at first, but the longer they follow him, the harder it becomes even for Cellu to keep up. Edna breathes hard. Her heart pounds, and she quickly and cautiously digs her…