“Verity” and Grief’s Numerous Forms
The actions that Verity confesses to are tragic. But the way to prevent those actions isn’t to force the related emotions into the shadows.
Roach Love
What seems to be a mutually shared fetish of squishing cockroaches turns into something much more nuanced.
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What seems to be a mutually shared fetish of squishing cockroaches turns into something much more nuanced.
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