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.
SACRIFICE
Dawn blotted out the stars over Quiet Cove. Already? Arlise huddled closer to Earc. Her beloved selkie deserved more. More time, more tenderness, more than an occasional tumble on the beach. In his warm embrace, she needn’t beat back the dark or atone for monumental sins.
All she needed to do was be.
Yet she threw the furs aside. Chill air caressed scars earned in battle with demons, werebeasts, and worse. For his sake, she would’ve suffered a thousand more. For his sake, she rose to face the horrors of this world anew. After all, what was love without sacrifice?
Austin Worley writes everything from heroic fantasy to romance and poetry. A native Oklahoman, he fills his downtime with books and nights under the stars. His short fiction has appeared in magazines and anthologies such as Fantastic Detectives, Sword & Scandal, and Broadswords and Blasters. Several of these stories have earned Honorable Mentions from the Writers of the Future Contest
If you enjoyed this story you can find it and more in the Hawthorn & Ash anthology.
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