Hawthorn & Ash #70

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.

GLAISTIG

Eimhir had always disliked her old-fashioned name, but she hadn’t expected her name would tie her so closely to Scottish legends. Who murders a woman and stuffs them up a chimney, like the glaistig of yore?

Her boyfriend, apparently.

Ex-boyfriend, more accurately.

She also wasn’t expecting him to move on so quickly. But there he was, with a new woman in tow.

Eimhir willed herself into the woman’s phone. She shrieked, “murderer,” startling them both.

Thankfully, the woman understood the danger and immediately called the authorities.

Eimhir suspected she’d soon be free of her ex, as well as this world.

Dawn Vogel has written for children, teens, and adults, spanning genres, places, and time periods. More than 100 of her stories and poems have been published by small and large presses. Her specialties include young protagonists, siblings who bicker but love each other in the end, and things in the water that want you dead. She is a member of SFWA and Codex Writers. She lives in Seattle with her awesome husband (and fellow author), Jeremy Zimmerman, and their cats. Visit her at historythatneverwas.com, on BlueSky @historyneverwas, and on Instagram @scarywhitegirl12.

If you enjoyed this story you can find it and more in the Hawthorn & Ash 2023 anthology.

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