Hello readers, We’re placing Emily Badovinac’s Deep Red on hiatus for a while so Emily can finish the novel as skillfully as possible. The text has become intricately layered and richly complex, and she wants the final movements to reflect excellence. In the meantime, we’ll run other Friday features, and Emily will also be writing other pieces for the site. Also, we’ll repost each Deep Red chapter on an ongoing basis, beginning with Chapter
←Chapter Thirty-three May 19, 1985: Isaak and I moved to Wyoming recently, away from Lucy and the Counsel’s reach. I have masked my absence from the core with feigned grief. I just want to raise my son away from those people…I went to Haven to see Margaret, and Victoria told me I need to minimize my contact with her, stick to birthdays and holidays–of which Otherworlders have four: Yule, Ostara,
←Chapter Thirty-Two March 4, 1983: They came and took her away. They took my little girl. I was so weak, and when I got up to stop them–I couldn’t stop the bleeding. I passed out. When I woke up, she was gone. Mother and Victoria told me Margaret is one of the children prophesied to be the hybrid. I screamed until they brought in Isaak. When he saw me crying, he began
←Chapter Thirty-One July 27, 1978: I returned from Montana today and immediately found myself part of a ceremony. My wedding ceremony. It looked so much like the pictures I remember from visiting my grandmother’s house. My mom was married here, too. Have I, now, become one of the unlucky? It’s the way it feels…July 29, 1978: The wedding night was so awkward. Kenneth has an uncanny ability for make-believe. I
←Chapter Thirty November 30, 1978: I have met my true destiny. Two, in fact. Derek’s wife, Cynthia, brought me into a new world. The world Derek has been preparing me for. I wonder if he knew what would happen. I’ve been at Haven six months now. Victoria thinks I’m in love with Kenneth, and that it keeps me here. What nonsense. That she would believe it is even more amazing,
