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If you have not read Chapter 1, read it here Theda gripped the rail of the staircase as she followed Stella’s fingers. The hills were on fire. She smiled. It happened every year. Idle lads and reindeer hunters. It was summer again. Sometimes the fire would reach the nearby forest, (more…)
The rain killed the fire, and the water rose steadily. Her hands trembled as she tugged at the crooked wand tangled in her waistband. Maybe it still had some life left in it. Her mother could calm a storm, but she was no Myra. Too many hopeless days, and the (more…)
Old wives’ tales said that the Soul Trader walked the rails late at night, offering wealth and fame to greedy and unfaithful men. As many who became rich soon vanished into thin air, never to be seen again. How truthful these myths were, I have no idea. I am only (more…)
Salem Centre, March 2021Myra crossed from the cruise ship, Wendi, to the sand-covered docks of Salem’s busiest port. There were tens of boats here, some coming others going, while some just docked at the bay. Small swallows were searching the cloudless sky, dovetailed cuckoos diving for fish, and some pink-billed (more…)
