Mihara has gorgeous art, but is known, for good reason, as a bit of an odd-ball. I recently read her collection of short stories: Chocolate. This is one of them. Not the worst of her stories, believe me, but nothing special in the least. This was published in the Gothic Lolita Bible, so it was essentially only created to show of the rich frilly stocking and trademark gothic clothing. At least it did that well.
