He dropped her down in front of the hearth and grabbed for his grandmother’s hands. Join our mailing list to receive the latest news and updates from Apex Magazine. I look forward to reading Ms. Vernon’s other work! Oh, Eva, Eva, my dear, what a useless son you’ve raised. Issue content is made available for free on this website via piecemeal over the two months between issues. “Did you come out here for a little wild company?”. Audience analysis; Website traffic statistics; Start Your Free Trial. He’d been crying and there was dust on his face, stuck to the tracks of tears. Who would have thought he had so much ambition in him, to catch a jackalope wife? “It happens I might have a spare skin,” said the Father of Rabbits. This reminds me of some of Ursula K. Le Guin’s stuff – “Buffalo Gals” in particular. “What have you done?” she said. “What did you do to her?”, “Don’t look at that and tell me ‘Nothing!’ What in the name of our lord did you do to that girl?”, He stared down at his blistered hands. All I can do is pick up the pieces.”. The wind tugged at them and sent them spinning off the side of the bluff. The story is absolutely perfect! “Her skin,” he mumbled. It had come down to him on his mother’s side, as happens now and again, and it was worse than useless. It was uncanny, sure, but they never did anybody any harm. He himself had one thought and one thought only — to catch a jackalope wife. by jackalope. “He might want a life, you know. Either she’d raised a fool for a daughter or not, and likely she wouldn’t be around to tell. Wow. And when my internet was flickering out, I read it twice more. “Never seen that before.” He lit a cigarette and blew the smoke into the air. Anyway, excellent story! https://www.unz.org/Pub/Forum-1936jan – but the TOC is wrong: use She could just see his teeth flash white in the dark. October $1 Patreon only base. “Shit,” said the Father of Rabbits. She and Eva sat on the porch together, shelling beans, while the jackalope wife limped around the garden. A vision from the desert of what it means to lust, lose, choose, and redeem. But in this town at this time, the girls hadn’t learned and the boy hadn’t yet worn out his interest. I really need the themes for my study. “You — you can fix her, right?”, Grandma let out a high bark, like a bitch–fox, barely a laugh at all. Kelly Mousepad. I suppose we’ve done as much as humans can do, and now it’s up to somebody else.”, She went out into the garden and found the jackalope wife asleep under the stairs. Then she sat down in the shadow herself and arranged her skirts. Well done, as always. “Suppose we’ll find out,” said the Father of Rabbits, and nodded. The story is pretty good, but it was the writing that snagged me. At the top was a high fractured stone that cast a finger of shadow like the wedge of a sundial. I sometimes wonder if Yankees or easterners feel it the same. Nebula Award winner, WSFA winner, World Fantasy Award finalist, Cóyotl Award winner, Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience™, A Witch’s Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of…, each thing i show you is a piece of my death, Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Memphis Minnie Sing the…, Bonus 2021 International Fantasists Issue, https://apex-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/apex07.mp3, https://www.unz.org/Pub/Forum-1936jan-00027, https://www.unz.org/Pub/Forum-1936jan-00054. “Come on,” she said. She looked away from Eva’s weak, wise eyes. There were burnt patches on her arms and legs, a long red weal down her face. At first, Grandma worried that the townspeople would see her, and lord knew what would happen then. by jackalope. 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