


Everyone else manages it.”I’m not sure I’m supposed to relate to the cruel parents in this story but I do. It makes me think of every time I’ve dismissed my daughter when she wanted to play, every time I’ve just wanted to be left alone, every time I’ve thought I can’t cope with this anymore. “- Was she really that bad? Maybe if we’d tried harder with her. It felt as if Logan had seen the darkest thoughts in my mind and plucked them out onto the page.

This story, then, is a painful read for me. The sense of dread as I read this was also joined by a sense of understanding and recognition. A couple arrive at Camelot theme park with their young daughter with the intention of leaving her there. Another collection where I truly could have chosen any story, but this one spoke to me the most.
