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Like Gold Upon Her Tongue

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In her quest to lose weight, a patient with an eating disorder has the misfortune to encounter a strange nutritionist offering delicious food.

"Like Gold Upon Her Tongue" is a 2,600 word short story. It originally appeared in the 2020 anthology Eighteen: Stories of Mischief & Mayhem, edited by Mark Teppo.

Cover photo: Samuel Ramos.

Content warnings: Eating disorders, body image, body dysmorphia, dieting, medical malpractice

The story can be downloaded as a PDF and EPUB (generic and device-specific versions are available).

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