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 KEEPER
Cerridwen stood gazing into the dark and murky depths of her cauldron. Part wisdom, part poison the brew had been made for a very specific purpose. Or it had been, until that blasted wretch Gwion Bach had tasted of it and fled and she had been forced to chase him down until at last she’d caught him. She a hen and he a seed of wheat. A seed that once swallowed implanted quick and firm within her womb. If only it had killed him, she need not worry about the consequences such a birth would bring. The birth of Taliesin.
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
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