The Muse, Jonathan Santlofer, EQMM
by Patti Abbott
An artist demands perfection from his muse at any cost–to her.
An artist demands perfection from his muse at any cost–to her.
184/366 from the anthology Deadfall (Level Best Books 2008)
Just because you’re elderly doesn’t mean you’re senile. One elderly lady takes steps to get revenge against her step-daughter, who’s been stealing her step-mother’s jewelry and trying to make her step-mother think she simply forgot that the jewelry had been given as gifts. (In my perfect world, the revenge would have been far, far worse, but I still like the sentiment here.)
