Eating Sugar, Telling Lies

A new short story by Kuzhali Manickavel, author of "Insects Are Just Like You and Me Except Some of Them Have Wings" -- a collection of short stories published by Blaft Publications in 2008. Her work can also be found in Best American Fantasy 3, Subtropics, AGNI Online, anderbo, DIAGRAM and elsewhere. She lives in a small temple town on the coast of South India and blogs at http://thirdworldghettovampire.blogspot.com/.