In the Name of Adonis

Barbara Castro-Rojas
10 min readFeb 4, 2022

Free flash fiction with a spot of squeak

Venus Mourning the Death of Adonis

Cassie Rendel had lied before, but not like this.

For the rest of her life, she’d be remembered as the woman who lied about having cancer, the boil on Canada’s back. Never mind that her book, Eden in your Kitchen, had sold over a million copies (allegedly) or that she still got messages from tired, worn-out women telling her how her smoothie changed their…

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Barbara Castro-Rojas

Barbara Castro-Rojas is the author of ‘Anywhere but Here’ and a writer of horror, musings, & poetry. Twitter– @squigglybug https://www.barbaracastrorojas.ink