Gwrach-y-Rhibyn shimmers in the swirling mist. My heart pounds as I face this grim corpse of doom. As a harpy, she hovers on leathery wings, and bares long black teeth dripping with gore. Withered arms widen and skeletal hands beckon. Her unkempt hair hangs around her wizened body. The Hag washes her hands, polluting our pure brook. At the stream feeding our deep waters, I confront my deathly foe. She’s mine and I am hers – forever and eternity.įighting my way through the thicket, I follow the groans, now interspersed with cackles. The monstrous Hag of the Mist claims Kama. ‘My wife! My wife!’ is the summons of Gwrach-y-Rhibyn. But the pastures are overgrown with brambles. I grope my way towards our llyn, where we swim and relax. A cyhyraeth is stalking the darkness, its disembodied wail sounding before a person’s death. “Kama – where are you?” My shout recoils off the billowing barrier.Ī chill as folk memories uncurl. Tattoos jangle as the mist welcome me with cold embrace, clutching for my heart. Where is she?įog slithers under the front door, yet I’m drawn outside to the farm. Who’s calling ‘My wife! My wife!’ in the night? The voice sounds female. I search every room – no Gwawr, nor mam, nor my grandparents Gwyneth and Hywel Pugh. No answer.Ĭall louder but I mustn’t wake the family.īut nobody stirs. She must be wandering in our family home, Tyn-y-llyn, nestled in the Snowdonia mountains. Only the curled indent beside me and her scent of vanilla and bergamot remain. (Or for those familiar with the dynamic duo: ‘Sparkle confronts a deadly foe in the mist to save Kama from Death.) Plus, ensure you visit all the other writers in this challenge via:Ī detective confronts a deadly foe in the mist to save her wife from Death. So, once more I’m going down the stand-alone path with my dynamic Welsh duo.īut this time, I’ve tried a change of genre – well, perhaps.Īs always, apologies if I’m slow to respond or slow to visit your posts. One of those arose from an interesting link on the WEP site – more on that at the end.Īlthough this year’s posts are not another ongoing case for Sparkle Anwyl and Kama Pillai of the North Wales Police, I’ve attempted something else involving them. I’m not saying my short is comparable to the famous novel, but reading this article, I see a few echoes – or maybe not.Īnyway, this 2021 Year of the Art theme continues to provoke some interesting thoughts – and tempts me down rabbit holes. Please note, she wasn’t the one who destroyed the earlier draft – unlike Fanny Stevenson’s response to her husband’s creation: We didn’t tempt fate by re-reading this version. Only my wife read/heard the original, so might sense where this differs. Well, despite destroying the original version of my October/Halloween WEP/IWSG challenge – accidentally – I managed to recall enough for another version. #atozchallenge #IWSG #WEP/IWSG #WEP/IWSG Challenge Alternate History Alternative History Angela Ackerman apocalypse A to Z Challenge Azure Spark Becca Puglisi Blogging from A to Z Challenge book review Chasseur Cloak and Dagger Challenge crime crime fiction crime murder mystery cyber-mystery Dark Matter anthology diversity editing equestrian eventing fantasy Fates Maelstrom folklore Gaming Gossamer Flames Gossamer Steel greenpunk Health historical fiction History of Kanata Idaho Insecure Writer Insecure Writers Support Group inspiration Interview IWSG IWSG Anthology Kanata Kristina Stanley MMORPG Multiple sclerosis Multiple Sclerosis symptoms mystery NaNoWriMo National Novel Writing Month Night Witches Norse mythology North Wales novels Publishing reading review roland clarke short stories Snowdonia Snowdon Shadows Sparkle Anwyl Spiral of Hooves steampunk The Witcher Ukraine Viking Age Voyagers: The Third Ghost Wales War of 1812 WEP + IWSG WEP Challenge Writers Resources Writing WWII Archives
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