Girl & Flame: A Novella

A girl bonds with a piece of flame leftover from the inferno that consumed her brother father and lover. Through this relationship the girl explores her complicated family history and her place in a world where trees are cruel and deceptive ghosts rise from abandoned cabins and the quiet hum of the forest permeates even the most dehumanizing office buildings. Meanwhile the flame discovers new fuel: human need hot and vile. Both the girl and the flame journey into their own suffering to find answers on the other side. Told in a series of innovative flash vignettes Melissa Reddishs Girl & Flame is an inventive and thoughtful meditation on the intersection of grief longing and the natural world.