Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl's Confabulous Memoir

The narrator pays a visit to Alzena the Witch. Alzena makes her a tea that makes her cry, which she says is good for her to do. The narrator explains that Alzena knows many things, including the inner thoughts of others, and is known for casting powerful spells. She is most adept at making someone fall in love, and it is this kind of magic that has given her the most notoriety on the Street of Miracles. The narrator hopes that Alzena will be able to answer some questions for her and about her. Alzena takes a lock of the narrator’s hair as payment, promising that she won’t do anything nefarious with it. She then touches the narrator and gazes at her intently, reading everything about her. She tells the narrator that in order to stop harming those around her, she must “stop hurting [herself]” (136). The narrator asks how to do that, but Alzena is unable to provide an answer.

Kimaya organizes a “storytelling night” at a local theater venue called the Cabaret Rouge. She declares that it is what the community needs in order to heal and to come back together after all the violence.