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The Kelpie (Part Six)
The story starts here Part five Part Six - My Self When I smashed the kitchen window, a shard of glass stuck in my bandaged hand. It hurt. Red blossomed on the dressing. I was getting quite good at cursing at this point. I hauled my bag out after me, and pelted up the drive and down the road to the beach.
By L.C. Schäfer2 years ago in Fiction
The Kelpie (Part Three)
Part one is here Part two is here +++++++ Part Three - The Baby Every waking moment that I wasn't at school, I would tell my parents I was looking for Apollo. I would find a bin to dump the posters in and then run down to the beach to visit Guinevere.
By L.C. Schäfer2 years ago in Fiction
The Kelpie (Part Two)
Part one is here Part Two - The Runner It had been impossible to tear myself away from the strange horse. I didn't know if I would see it - her - again. Eventually, she threw up her head, ears pricking and nostrils flaring, exactly the way regular horses do when they see something very dangerous. (Like, for instance, a carrier bag caught in a hedge.) She pulled away from me, her curiously wide, flat hooves dancing back delicately over the stones. In a moment she was on firm ground, turning her rump to me and cantering away into the waves. Weird. I thought the tide had been further in than that. With a jolt, I realised how much light had left the sky. A heartbeat later I heard my mum's voice calling me.
By L.C. Schäfer2 years ago in Fiction
The Kelpie (Part One)
Part One - Apollo I was nine when I met the kelpie. People think, if you live on the coast of Cornwall, you must spend a lot of time at the beach. You are probably thinking of an adventurous waif with the Cornish sea in her eyes. You're painting a picture of her in your head right now, I can tell. Her hair is fair to start with, and bleached further by sun and salt until it is lighter than her nut-brown tan. She's been able to swim since she could walk. She is out in all weathers, surefooted on the rocks and at home around boats.
By L.C. Schäfer2 years ago in Fiction
Snugglejunkie
I'd like you to meet my dog. She's a staffy-cross. Most staffies you see are stumpy-legged and barrel-shaped. But this one is leggy. She has a ridiculous metabolism, even after being neutered, and she never seems to gain weight. If she manages to get into the kitchen bin and eats something that disgarees with her, she starts to look disturbingly ribby very quickly. She's genetically inclined to be muscly, and all that brawn is covered in a thin layer of soft, glossy velvet.
By L.C. Schäfer2 years ago in Petlife
Blood, Honey, Salt (Part 3)
Note: This story is part of a series. Part One Part Two +++++++ Later: The Milk-Nurse What instinct prompted you to lie? You had done it proficiently. You told them how you had stood at the window (grieving the King’s passing, of course) and preparing to bear the news.... When you looked down and saw the lad down there on the rocks. Now they must go and look for him, find him and bring him home, before the tide carries him away.
By L.C. Schäfer2 years ago in Fiction