I’m chuffed to bits that my mini myth Rocked Awake has been published as part of Dear Damsels‘ nature theme.
In the story, a mother attempts to solve the riddle of why her baby daughter is usurped in her crib by wild flora and fauna. Nature’s clues lead her to a fresh interpretation of the changeling myth.
Here’s a fragment from the centre of the tale:
This morning, it was an earthworm, fleshy and pale, curled into a shape like a shepherd’s crook.Sometimes it wasn’t even a creature that breathed – last week my daughter had been usurped by an acorn.
You can read my full story, and the other fabulous words published by Dear Damsels, here.