History That Never Was

“Easy as a Bag of Cookies” in The Sidewalk Diverges was inspired by a meme about Greek gods in the modern day. While I can’t remember the entirety of the meme, it involved Cerberus in some way. So I combined Cerberus, Hades, and Persephone into a contemporary story where Cerberus escaped his leash and found a new friend. I used a callback to the myth of Persephone and the pomegranate seeds, replaced by cookies in this story, to seal the deal, as it were.

“Easy as a Bag of Cookies” originally appeared in Paradoxical Pets in November 2022, and I reprinted it in The Sidewalk Diverges alongside other contemporary fantasy stories for readers of all ages!

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