The Candle Wench
Reading Time: 17 minutesOverworked and underpaid, a candle wench finds strange comfort in the warmth of the wax
Author name: Allison Stalberg
Allison Stalberg is an indie author and journalist living in Chapel Hill, NC, that began her writing career in fan-fiction spaces. She is an interviewer for Knee Brace Press, where she talks to authors about chronic conditions, disability, mental health, and neurodivergence. Her speculative short stories on selkies, melting retail workers, and arranged alien marriages can be found in Calliope, Starry Eyed Press, Altered Reality, and Outposts of Beyond magazine. She has self-published a fantasy book, "Wander," and has a fantasy novella, "Adelina and the Bug Parties," published with OFIC magazine. She obtained her MFA in Fiction from Southern New Hampshire University. When she's not writing, Allison loves to play video games, watch anime, and make scrappy art.
