She Keeps the Monsters Behind the Ice by Samuel Poots

She Keeps the Monsters Behind the Ice by Samuel Poots

My parents said I didn’t need to be afraid of the monsters in Lake Reema, because the Lady trapped them under ice.             “That’s why we hold this festival,” they’d say and stamp the ice, before heading to the feasting table. It never worked. Each time they dragged me out onto the lake ice, I’d…