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I've never really been drawn to the dark side...

Writer: Lisa Short
Lisa Short
Apr 6, 2025
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...but for a writing competition a few years ago, we were instructed to write a story from a villain's perspective, so I had to give over my usual hero protagonist in favor of something grimmer. I ended up really enjoying it, so much I actually wrote another story (for Metaphorosis!) with a heroine who at best occupied a morally gray area. But here's the first one--"Monster Face," published in Penumbric in August of last year!
...but for a writing competition a few years ago, we were instructed to write a story from a villain's perspective, so I had to give over my usual hero protagonist in favor of something grimmer. I ended up really enjoying it, so much I actually wrote another story (for Metaphorosis!) with a heroine who at best occupied a morally gray area. But here's the first one--"Monster Face," published in Penumbric in August of last year!

 
 
 

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