“Painted and smiling, I balance on my trapeze. Luka is poised ten metres away, his muscles shining under the lights. The wooden circles in his earlobes twitch as his jaw clenches, unclenches, clenches.” CircusIslandTrapezeAcrobatAerialist Book:The Rental Heart and Other Fairytales Source: The Rental Heart and Other Fairytales
“She used to be all right, Una, when we were kids. I liked that she wasn't fussed about her antlers.” Love StoryUnusualTailsSurrealIslandAntlers Book:The Rental Heart and Other Fairytales Source: The Rental Heart and Other Fairytales