A short story set in the Grishaverse and first published in the Guys Read: Funny Business anthology in 2012. The Tailor follows Genya Safin - the Grisha tailor whose ability to alter human flesh makes her one of the most coveted and most compromised figures at the Little Palace. The story takes place during her years in service to the Darkling and the Ravkan court, offering a glimpse of her life before the events of the main trilogy and the choices that define her arc across the series.
Where the Shadow and Bone trilogy shows Genya primarily through Alina's perspective, The Tailor gives her interiority and agency, tracing the tension between the privileges her power affords her and the costs those privileges exact. A focused, character-driven piece that rewards readers already familiar with the Grishaverse.
