Astrid Sáenz – MAGAZINE

Butterfly City by Astrid Saenz

Posted on Aug 30, 2020Aug 28, 2020 by Germ Magazine guest author

This story is one of the July Writing Challenge entries chosen to be a featured story. . I’m seven years old, and you tell me the story of the castle in Butterfly City, the wind ruffling our clothes as we sit on the wet sand. The sickness has already made your voice hollow and your […]

The Werewolf Hides and Seeks by Astrid Sàenz

Posted on Nov 28, 2017Nov 28, 2017 by Germ Magazine guest author

This story is one of the October Writing Challenge entries chosen to be a featured story. . The steps to surviving episodes like these were easy: hush among the woods; hide when the moon is full. Archibald’s teeth clacked. He shivered under the cool breeze’s caress in a moonlit world. Snarl, his thoughts went in […]

You’ve Grown. Time Happens. by Astrid Sáenz

Posted on Sep 29, 2017Sep 29, 2017 by Germ Magazine guest author

This story is one of the August Writing Challenge entries chosen to be a featured story. . You hold Lilia’s hand as you stroll towards the sand, the sea. Her small palm is sweaty against yours, and you breath in the salt-sprayed wind and take in the lonesome ocean. “Are you okay?” your daughter asks […]

Thank You, Lee by Astrid Sáenz

Posted on Jun 30, 2017Jul 26, 2017 by Germ Magazine guest author

This story is one of the May Writing Challenge entries chosen to be a featured story. It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of Annabel Lee. Her sleep was troubled, but she’d become accustomed to the […]