Curtin Writers Club

I knew a cat-eater from China, we both enjoyed dishes of meat. A painful affair it made, Filled with gory nights of wicked sounds, drilling hard, through, my head. Shattering firm bones, as she tore flesh, bleeding prey bound and struggling, till it spluttered and went limp, staining my dwelling with precious life essences. She, life-taker, damned evil vampire, filled with murder, desire, an ill of mine unseen. How wretched am I to all? Having admired her slender blood-staine

Ash is a retelling of Cinderella, in which the titular protagonist is forced to work as a servant for her stepfamily after the deaths of her parents. After meeting a mysterious fairy named Sidhean, she longs for the fairies to steal her away from her miserable life, but this leaves her vulnerable to their dangerous temptations. Cinderella is a popular fairy tale for adaptations and retellings. Some elements of Ash, such as one stepsister being a sympathetic character to add n