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Hi folks,
This is from the draft of my current 'work in progress' unpublished fantasy romance 'The Matchmaker's Mare' which takes place in Wales. The story is told from three p.o.vs. and two time-lines.
This snippet starts a few lines from the previous one. Megan and Glyn have become good friends, sharing a common love of animals.Glyn piques Megan's curiosity by hinting that the cottage might be haunted. As you see, if you've been following this from the start, we've sort of come full circle, so I'm going to leave it here - I may post a bit more if I ever get it finished and published.
(This is only a rough draft to give the gist of the novel, and is subject to change and edits - and improvement on the creative punctuation which is needed to adhere to the ten sentence rule!) Any feedback gratefully received.
SNIPPET
“As
you must be aware, Wales is full of myths and legends, and this area
has more than its fair share, and one old tale concerns a young woman
called Rhiannon, who lived in this cottage long ago.”
“Go on,” she prompted, as he hesitated once more.
“Apparently,
as well as being the village matchmaker, she also cared for all the
sick and injured animals the villagers brought her. She loved animals
and especially, her little mare, which the villagers whispered, had the
power of flight; others said this was just a rumour put about by folk
with an overactive imagination.
“So what happened to her?” Megan asked.
“Sion
Sienco, a local gypsy, was in love with Rhiannon and forever playing
tricks on her to try to gain her attention, but to start with she would
have nothing to do with him. Sion would do things like causing her milk
cow to go dry, or spiriting away her beloved pony and hiding the animal
in the woods.”
She grinned at him over the rim of her mug. “I’m not surprised she spurned his advances if he did things like that.”
He
smiled ruefully. “I suppose men sometimes do silly things when they’re
in love, and of course it was a very long time ago, and stories become
distorted in the telling."
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As I mentioned last week, The Wild Rose Press, and 48 authors have published three volumes of short stories to raise funds to help those affected by the devastating wildfires. As of this moment, in the state of New South Wales alone, there are 60 separate bushfires burning, of which 20 are out of control. The weather forecast over the next few days is soul destroying as it's expected to be in the low 40's C - about 105 in F with strong winds. In some rural areas, those who have not left their homes have been told it is now too dangerous to move - there is no way out. They must stay and defend their houses.
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My contribution is in volume 1 and is an historical western - a change from my usual SF/Fantasy romances.
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