Seneca’s Curse

Gloria Lucas
10 min readApr 15, 2023
Photo by Ксения В: https://www.pexels.com/photo/a-woman-in-white-dress-sitting-on-the-rock-near-the-river-while-holding-a-book-9519558/

Mama? Are you there?

I am here.

I’ve tucked myself into bed.

Ah, it’s time for a story. Which would you like? The one about the first Seer? Of course. Long ago, an extraordinary woman-child was born with an ancient magic, though, no one recognized it as a gift. Instead, they named it a curse. I know! Dreadful. Although, that was before Séneca met Adelita. But I’m getting ahead of

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Gloria Lucas

I write about trauma and mental health. Sometimes parenting. Also, short stories. Daydreamer. Always behind on laundry. She/her