I Read Stories: Call Me By My Name by C E Collins

Call Me By My Name by C E Collins in Corvid Queen

She was named Grace by her father, who also boasted that she could spin gold into straw. And so the king named her Fae and had her locked in a room to do so. There came a creature with no name to offer his help.

His help will not be for free. We know this story so we know what he will demand. We even know his name.

But she doesn’t know his name. And we know him and his cruelty, and that of the king and of the father. Do we know her?

Do we know her name?

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