Hi, all! I originally wrote the following story to submit to the new issue of Timeless Tales (https://www.timelesstalesmagazine.com/) but when I realized that it was over twice as long as their maximum word count, I decided to post it here instead. I'm too attached to it to cut that much out... So here it is, a nice short Snow White retelling. Enjoy! Today he was tall, handsome in the way that a marble bust is handsome—static and lifeless—with black hair pulled back in an elegant tail. His coat was of silver thread, the beast of the royal house picked out on it in black. A black unicorn, bringer of disease. A strangely apt mascot for the dark-hearted ruler of this decaying kingdom. “Mirror, mirror, on the wall—who is fairest of them all?” She gazed at him contemptuously. It...
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