“I entirely refuse to be sent on to your wishy-washy further education! I am going to dress up as a boy and go on a dangerous quest!”
The Duchess, Alicia and Ethel all took a moment to look at Brianna. She was already wearing boy’s clothing in order to defy the patriarchy and her generous bust was straining the buttons of her leather jerkin to bursting point.
“My dear girl,” said Ethel, speaking for them all. “How are you going to manage that? You look like an hourglass in bondage gear.”
I love anything that Sarah Rees Brennan writes, partially out of habit, but mostly because she’s good. Her recent short story, An Old-Fashioned Unicorn’s Guide to Courtship, which appears Coyote Wild Magazine, is no exception. Read.