To Ukraine, With Love by Fran Eisemann

Author:Fran Eisemann
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores
Published: 2023-07-31T03:04:05+00:00

When she woke the next morning she lay in her own lumpy bed, her clothes mud-stained and tattered once more. She stared up at the dark cob-webbed thatched roof above her, trying not to sob. A dream, it had all been just a dream. She turned to bury her face in her straw-stuffed mattress, then sat up, astonished. Tangled vines climbed the walls and a blanket of pale flowers lined the floor. The room smelled sweet as honeysuckle. She broke into a laugh and leapt out of bed, scooping up handfuls of petals and tossing them into the air to fall like snow. The whole world seemed lit with a secret fire.

She had signed the Devil’s book last night, but it hadn’t been one of hate and horror. She’d signed it in kisses and good food and a soul free as a butterfly. When the witches next rode she’d go back up the mountain and do it again.

That afternoon she carried oats to the stable, a gaggle of beautiful tormentors chanting “Maggoty Meg” at her heels. The little devils were lobbing lumps of coal at her.

With a flick of her wrist Meg turned the coal to roses.

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