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.
GLAMOUR
A pulse of magic swept through the room like a gust of wind, snuffing out the candles on the table and making the herbs sway from the rafters. I felt it like a whisper against my skin—inevitably electric. Chloe shuddered, breath coming in short, sharp pants. Her eyes fluttered shut, then snapped open, silver light flashing through them before fading.
But she wasn’t the same.
Her golden hair darkened, strands bleeding into a luminescent white that shimmered in the dim firelight. It wasn’t gradual—it spread like ink in water, washing away the last pieces of her human disguise.
Stacey Jaine McIntosh is a USA TODAY Bestselling Author who hails from Perth, Western Australia where she resides with her husband and their four children.While her heart has always belonged to writing, she once toyed with being a Cartographer and subsequently holds a Diploma in Spatial Information Services. Since 2011 she has had over one hundred short stories and over fifty poems published.Stacey is also the author of Solstice, The Camelot Series as well as The Eldritch Series, Lost & Absinthe and she is currently working on several other projects simultaneously.When not with her family or writing she enjoys reading, photography, genealogy, history, Arthurian myths and witchcraft.www.staceyjainemcintosh.com
If you enjoyed this story you can find it and more in the Hawthorn & Ash 2023 anthology.
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