Unfit (A Once and Future Short Story)
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The shocking prequel to The River Maiden.
When she left Kettle Hollow, Molly MacAlpin hoped never to see her remote mountain home again. She returned eighteen months later angry, pregnant and abandoned by the man she loved. So, she threw all her energy into making sure her daughter had the best life possible.
With the help and sometimes interference of her mother, she is raising a bright, sweet child she they hopes will have every possible opportunity. Until one spring day a brief conversation with her little girl brings her world crashing down around her.
Also includes a preview of The River Maiden (Once and Future Book 1).
Meredith Stoddard
Meredith R. Stoddard is a writer and fiber artist living in Central VA. She studied literature and folklore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill before working as a corporate trainer and instructional designer for 11 years. She now devotes her energy to fiction and creative non-fiction. When her hands are not holding a book or touching a keyboard they are likely knitting, spinning or felting. You can follow her adventures in fiction and fiber on her website.
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Unfit (A Once and Future Short Story) - Meredith Stoddard
Unfit
Meredith R. Stoddard
Meredith R. Stoddard
Ruther Glen, Virginia
Copyright © 2014 by Meredith R. Stoddard
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Publisher’s Note: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are a product of the author’s imagination. Locales and public names are sometimes used for atmospheric purposes. Any resemblance to actual people, living or dead, or to businesses, companies, events, institutions, or locales is completely coincidental.
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Unfit/ Meredith R. Stoddard. -- 1st ed.
ISBN 978-0-9904333-2-3
For Wee Mòrag
CONTENTS
Unfit
The River Maiden (Novel Preview)
Short Story
Unfit
Early March 1976
Kettle Hollow, North Carolina
It had been a long winter and full of darkness. Molly filled her lungs with what felt like her first deep breath in months. It burned her nostrils and was sharp with the tang of damp rotting leaves. Brittle twigs snapped and crunched beneath her feet as she stepped surely through the forest keeping her eyes on the ground until she found what she was looking for.
"A' Mhòrag. I found flowers," She shouted for her daughter keeping her eyes on the little patch of small, white windflowers that peeked through the carpet of winter compost their bright green leaves like tiny hands reaching up for the sun. The little girl came crashing up behind her with the careless enthusiasm of the very young, and Molly put out a hand to stop her before she trampled the blooms.
They’re beautiful,
The girl breathed kneeling in the damp leaves to look at them, and Molly thought she was right. They were beautiful. They stood small but proud giving the first color of the year to the great gray forest, a balm for the rough places on her heart.
Her throat tightened and her eyes stung as she watched