"Small-Town Charm" by Lauren Geiser

Italics from Grimm’s Complete Fairy Tales, The Brothers Grimm

Lauren Geiser is an attorney and poet based in Los Angeles, California. She has a BA in English from Case Western Reserve University and was a member of PocketMFA's Fall 2024 cohort. Her work recently debuted in Cathexis Northwest Press. When she is not writing or working, she is hiking, practicing hot yoga, reading fantasy novels, or attempting to learn Finnish.