this short story was fascinating.  

it has everything: gothic horror spooky house, ✨ mushrooms✨ , spooky woods, a remote location, perhaps witches.

all set in the English countryside with discussion of WWII and gender politics. The main character is a nonbinary soldier who comes from a fantasy country/culture where the language uses more pronouns than English does. This was such an interesting and fascinating way to introduce pronoun discussion and show how it is perceived by people. Utilizing these fantasy pronouns throughout the book was such an interesting use of language that really made me think. Meanwhile, the solider utilizes these nonbinary fantasy pronouns because all soldiers are referred to in an ungendered way in this culture. This is only a minor plot point that is happening under the main plot of a spooky derelict house in the middle of the woods with sickly siblings.

i will indeed now be reading everything T Kingfisher has written