I Read Stories: The Code For Everything by Mckinley Valentine

The Code For Everything by Mckinley Valentine in Fantasy Magazine 

Izzy thought she’d got things right this time. The invite said to arrive at 7 so she turned up at 8. But she’d somehow got the dress code wrong – a short skirt is okay and a low-cut top is good but together… 

Then a talking cat appears to offer her a job. The fairies have their own rules, an etiquette defined down to the last iota. Maybe, if it’s all there, Izzy can work it out this time. 

Read This: For a clever modern take on the odd specificity of fairy etiquette, which may have been a projection the alienness of class expectations back in the day
Don’t Read This: Unwritten rules are made to be broken.