Spine Crackers Novels & Stories

Her distorted reflection flickered across the chrome surface, warping and twisting as the coils began to glow. With a cheerful pop, the toast sprang up. “Here you go, Erica,” Louisa said proudly, plating the steaming snacks. “My famous grilled-cheese mini pizzas!” Erica raised a brow. “What is this?” “Everything a growing girl needs,” Louisa said with a wink. “Capsicum, tomato, and just a hint of hot spices.” “Really?” “Oh yeah. I love it spicy. Real hot. Can you handle it?” Erica smirked. “Yeah, of course I can.”

But overall, there is something delicious about discovering that Weres like goldfish crackers, too— except theirs are shaped after the phases of the moon. The box says Lunar Bites, and I text Seraphine a picture. But are they peanut butter? is her response. I buy ingredients for a few of the dishes I enjoy cooking, more out of habit than hunger. A couple of people introduce themselves and shake my hand— nice, if unpleasant. I read the back of a bone-health supplement jar.

“Don’t tease me like that again. I was feeling like you were going to desecrate my childhood bed.” Darien sniggered and Zach poked him again. “I’ll get you a whole bowl of prawn crackers to yourself to make it up for you.” Zach liked that idea, he just had some stipulations to point out. “It’s two bowls because you ate my share at dinner and you have to get them from a Chinese takeaway, supermarket prawn crackers are completely different.” Darien nodded and Zach could tell he had taken the request seriously. It was an important thing to get right as the difference between an authentic prawn cracker and the supermarket version was very large.