Episode 06: Guardian (Part I)
Could a soul mate, I wondered, be the answer to religion and friendship, safety and joy? Fiction, the remaining magic of our time, made it seem so possible.
Could a soul mate, I wondered, be the answer to religion and friendship, safety and joy? Fiction, the remaining magic of our time, made it seem so possible.
Here’s another short story from back in my college days, when I was taking courses in creative writing.
I’ve taken some liberties with Baba Yaga in this tale and created my own lost girl to meet with her. This Baba is a lot more like a grumpy old Sophie Hatter than the devilish pestle-wielding crone in the Cinderella-adjacent story of Vasilisa, but there have been many Babas Yaga in Slavic folklore–sometimes multiple in the same tale–so I don’t think I’ve strayed too far beyond the realms of possibility here.