The Burden of So Many Roses

Toasted Cake 135: The Burden of So Many Roses by Charity Tahmaseb

Episode #135! In which we conquer.

The road to popularity at Fremont High School is paved with rose petals. 

First appeared right here at Kazka Press. 

Charity Tahmaseb has slung corn on the cob for Green Giant and jumped out of airplanes (but not at the same time). She's worn both Girl Scout and Army green. These days, she writes fiction (long and short) and works as a technical writer. Her novel, The Geek Girl's Guide to Cheerleading (written with co-author Darcy Vance), was a YALSA 2012 Popular Paperback pick. Additionally, her short speculative fiction has appeared in the Unidentified Funny Objects and Coffee anthologies with forthcoming stories in Sucker Literary Magazine and Flash Fiction Online. She blogs (occasionally) at writingwrongs.wordpress.com

Original airdate: February 8, 2015