Three Tricks

A woman’s body is a promise. 

Flora’s in the sandbox, wrapped in ribbons.

A woman’s body is an amusement park.

Diving down her ribcage and climbing up her hips, yeah. It’s a thrill. I’ve traced it, the lazy S of her. Many have. Tickets are half-price on Tuesdays…

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Angel Rust, Issue #17, January 2023

Published by Maggie Cassidy-Brinn

Maggie Cassidy-Brinn writes slipstream and literary fiction with a queer, feminist slant. Her work has been featured in Improper Dose and Angel Rust and is forthcoming in The Spotlong Review. She studied literature, theater, and music at Sarah Lawrence College and got a PhD in philosophy at the University of Vienna. Born in Los Angeles, she has gone on to live in Seattle, New York City, northern Ghana, and Papua New Guinea, and currently has a home base in Vienna with her husband and two children.

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