Welcome to this week’s installment of many micro stories, ranging in length from 100 words to 500 words.
With each story we hope to deliver a little whimsy into the lives of our readers.
THE MAPLES HAD GROWN
The wind prowled the world, restless, until it skulked through a maple grove on a hill and its memory returned. 96 satyrs had roared it into being at Dremain’s Hill, and 15 satyr kids had shaped it with dying whinnies as poachers cut off their hooves.
The maples had grown, but the wind remembered.
It crept down the hill and leaped down the throats of those who had stolen its homes and hooves. The poachers attempted to shriek, but the wind had stolen back its voice, and dispersed from their lips as both wind and satyr, themselves again and more.
Emmie Christie’s work includes practical subjects, like feminism and mental health, and speculative subjects, like unicorns and affordable healthcare. Her novel “A Caged and Restless Magic” debuted February 2024. She has been published in Daily Science Fiction, Infinite Worlds Magazine, and Flash Fiction Online, among others. She also narrates audiobooks for Audible and loves bringing stories to life out loud as well as on the page. Find her at www.emmiechristie.com, her monthly newsletter, or on TikTok.
If you enjoyed this drabble you can find it and more in the Hawthorn & Ash 2023 anthology.
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