Coda
A Short Story
Published in
14 min readApr 16, 2024
When an artist falls in love with his muse, there are consequences.
I’m not talking about a body turning into a tree, roots being planted into the soil as a mouth opens into a scream of wood–or even of someone trading in their voice just to attain that one perfect kiss. These things are fairy tales and myths, far from the reality you and I live.