Book cover mockup of Sugarlong, by Beatrice Lebrun

What if the gingerbread house didn’t trap you? What if you begged to be devoured?

Since I followed the breadcrumbs, I’ve given myself to the sweetness that bites back. To the sugar melting on my tongue, to the smoke coiling in my lungs. To her; her teeth, her voice, her love.

Out here, the world punishes me. The job. The lights. The lies. I can’t breathe. I don’t want to.

But she’s waiting for me inside that sugar paradise.

I’ll follow the powdered trail again.

I’ll prove I belong.

Even if I become the feast.

ABOUT

Sugarlung is a sapphic psychological horror short story written by Venezuelan author Beatrice Lebrun.

A dark reimagining of Hansel and Gretel. It describes the slow-burn descent of a neurodivergent girl who stumbles into a sugar-coated hell that promises escape from the real world.

It’s a story of devotion turned delusion, hedonism as a coping mechanism, and a love so toxic it tastes like burning candy on the way down.

content warnings

  • Dissociation

  • Hallucinations / Delusions

  • Obsession / Fixation

  • Gaslighting

  • Suicidal ideation

  • Self-harm

  • Depression

  • Anxiety / Panic attacks

  • Body horror

  • Cannibalism (implied consumption)

  • Addiction

  • Habitual smoking

  • Self-destructive behavior

  • Romanticization of harmful mental states

  • Emotional manipulation & coercion

  • Sensory overload / overstimulation

  • Confinement

  • Sexual/physical contact during altered state