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Grim Harvest

08/13/201704/21/2018 / Liz H-H / 11 Comments

Lilimor slipped out the back gate, trotting to the meadow as fast as her little legs could carry her. She’d wanted to arrive at sunrise, before anyone noticed she was gone. Continue reading →

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Sunrise Flash

08/08/201706/03/2018 / Liz H-H / 15 Comments

He stands on the bank where forest parts to sunrise on the rich strip of green, and lowers his muzzle to feed. Thick grass pops between his rotating jaws, snapping as he tears into clumps of equally satisfying roots.

 

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Sharing Dream Time

06/27/201704/21/2018 / Liz H-H / 9 Comments

She rolls in flickering blue and white, darts between other bodies, slick and shining, touching but not colliding. Breaching, she leaps into the moon, heavy with promised bounty. She swallows silver light, joyfully sated as it fills her center. Continue reading →

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A Midsummer’s Dear John

03/31/201704/21/2018 / Liz H-H / 6 Comments

Dearest Oberon,

Although I swore to renew our vows this Midsummer’s Night, I cannot in good conscience re-marry you.  Your cruel joke on Nick Bottom backfired, and I’m still pissed that you snatched my changeling to make him one of your warriors. Continue reading →

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Where Nothing is Wasted, Nothing is Lost

03/07/201704/21/2018 / Liz H-H / 2 Comments

microfiction-madnessPushing the goggles back on her forehead, she waved away the acrid smoke and smiled. Continue reading →

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