Wholesale Poor Monster (or what you will) | Short Story Zine

A queer shapeshifter's retelling of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. A distraught Viola washes up on the shores of Illyria wrestling with the loss of her twin and with her disappearing sense of identity. Viola uses her ability to change her face to disguise herself as Cesario, a servant for Duke Orsino. While trying to woo the Countess Olivia on the duke’s behalf, Cesario finds that his personal feelings for both nobles, and his grief, cause him to overuse his powers until he is in over his head. An 8.5x5.5", 19 page short story with minimal illustrations. First published in Prismatica Magazine. Named one of Tor.com’s Must-Read Speculative Short-Stories of December 2020.