“Honeytrap” — 1st Place, Fatal Flaw’s 2022 Flash Fiction Contest

“‘Honeytrap’ dances between worlds, between elements of familiar myths and fairy tales and commonplace ones from our modern lives; it questions in delightful, awake language those age-old symbols—apples and sleeping girls—all while offering a narrative that tells the reader: This is a lie. Keep listening. The last line is deliciously fierce. The fatal flaw will surprise you. I kept reading this story again and again to understand its magic.”

— Cheryl Pappas, guest judge & author of The Clarity of Hunger