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    Evil, Antic And Modern, 'The Merry Spinster' Puts A Dark Spin On Fairy Tales

    Mallory Ortberg's hyperliterate new story collection turns familiar fairy tales inside out to comment on gender, relationships and the way people manipulate each other.
    by Annalisa Quinn Mar 13, 2018 3 minutes
    "The Merry Spinster" by Mallory Ortberg

    "I am authorized to perform acts of justice, power, and retribution, to deliver messages of comfort and healing," begins the angel that wrestled with Jacob in Mallory Ortberg's adaptation of the Biblical story, "Fear Not: An Incident Log."

    "I am also cleared to open wombs ... feed prophets in the form of either raven or dove, open seals, pour out bowls of judgment, and blow all twelve of the lesser trumpets. I am not authorized to take communion or to deal

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