"How wonderful," said Stella.
Polly followed her gaze and saw a fly. She looked back at Stella in confusion, but then looked again at the fly and saw the way its brown body gleamed with blue-green and rose madder pink. The sunlight caught its cellophane wings. It was wonderful.
Stella paints portraits that capture the beauty of the female form, but she herself has not been allowed to feel beautiful for most of her life. Polly's mundane, dusty self-identity unravels when she finds herself sitting in Stella's studio.
With its transgender and lesbian themes, this novelette explores perception and self-perception, sexual and gender identity.
'A poignant and moving story.' Tim Bowler
Polly followed her gaze and saw a fly. She looked back at Stella in confusion, but then looked again at the fly and saw the way its brown body gleamed with blue-green and rose madder pink. The sunlight caught its cellophane wings. It was wonderful.
Stella paints portraits that capture the beauty of the female form, but she herself has not been allowed to feel beautiful for most of her life. Polly's mundane, dusty self-identity unravels when she finds herself sitting in Stella's studio.
With its transgender and lesbian themes, this novelette explores perception and self-perception, sexual and gender identity.
'A poignant and moving story.' Tim Bowler
