Not all stories of romance are sweet and lovely. Some begin with devotion and end with something monstrous. In this chilling retelling of the Japanese folklore of Hashihime, a wife betrayed by the man she loves turns to an ancient power with a terrible request: make her strong enough to take her revenge. Beneath Uji Bridge, amid rushing water and a crown of flame, her grief begins to take a horrifying shape. Rich with anguish, jealousy and supernatural horror, Hashihime: What the River Keeps asks how much of herself a woman might surrender to make a faithless man suffer and what might answer when heartbreak becomes a curse.

Folklore reference: The Tale of the Hashihime of Uji, translated by Zack Davisson from the Heike Monogatari tradition, Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai, 22 April 2013.