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Marzipan

Aimee Bender

First published July 1998
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

A girl's family mourns the death of her grandparents and their grief expresses itself in surreal ways. Her father wakes up one morning with a hole through his abdomen, and her mother gives birth to the girl's deceased grandmother.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
July 1998 Cover The Girl in the Flammable Skirt Doubleday Collection
August 2011 Cover The Girl in the Flammable Skirt Anchor Books Collection |39
November 2012 Cover The Girl in the Flammable Skirt Windmill Books Collection 39
November 2012 Cover The Girl in the Flammable Skirt Cornerstone Digital Collection |39