Mary Haasdyk

Sep 13, 2023 | tor.com | Ken Liu |Mary Haasdyk |Jonathan Strahan

A woman who fears she’s failing as a painter and as an artist seeks inspiration from one of her favorite poets and finds something even more wondrous, but also more impossible to capture on canvas… Kay turns right when she reaches the cove shore, away from the wind; it’s nice not to have the howling December wind in her face for a while, each blast the stroke of a sandpaper palm across her cheeks.

Feb 1, 2023 | tor.com | Mary Haasdyk |Jonathan Strahan

A grieving mother wakes up to find all traces of her lost son have been erased as if he had never existed. Only in the hallway mirror is she able to see a glimpse of the reality she remembers having lived—the reality she wants back. Content warning for fictional depictions of childhood death and parental grief. Andrew is already gone when Emma wakes, the bed beside her empty. She sits up slowly.