Since birth, everyone has told Pecola Robinson that she was ugly, unwanted, and unworthy of being loved or loving herself. And Pecola had accepted this as fact. Thus, she has always tried to change and shrink herself so that she could be accepted by people, even adopting the name Robin as her preferred name to get people to love her while simultaneously allowing her to disappear and hide within and from the world of Eagleland. However, a year-long study abroad experience living amongst the Finali people across the globe presents Pecola the opportunity to take responsibility for her own happiness by moving on to heal from her trauma with the support of other women in her life or continue being defined by her trauma and existing as the tolerated good girl known as Robin. cover by cil @sereneur GENERAL | LITERARY | BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION tw: trauma; gendered violence/intimate violence; anxiety/depression

Ash Dlamini hates living her life with her back pressed against the wall. She wants to step out of her colossal bubble and live life to the fullest before her 16th birthday. When her friends find out that she has a crush on Mason De Lange, they want to help her get noticed by him. While all of this is happening, she finds her heart steering towards the opposite direction. Towards Darwin Swanepoel. × cover by @CAITLIN

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