Story prompt: a horror piece inspired by the subject line of today's NYT Cooking newsletter.

Things the French are better at: resisting the far right, bread, and coming up with names for bendy pieces of metal that hold sheets of paper together.

First post for my first-ever published story. Thanks @mooncityreview.bsky.social, you’ve put out a banger of an issue filled with the work of intimidatingly-talented folk.