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 WINTER QUEEN
The Winter Court rises from the bones of the world. Snow blankets the forest, yet nothing is silent. Icy branches whisper, and the shadows stretch. The Winter Queen walks between the trees, skin pale as moonlight, hair drowned in black ink, her smile carved from cold promises. Around her, faeries dance on glassed-over streams, every step a spell, every laugh a warning. They gather what the year has lost—hope, warmth, forgotten names—and weave them into silver chains. Dawn trembles at the border of the sky, but winter does not yield. It merely chooses to let the light in.
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 anthology.
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