A season for joy,
A season for sorrow,
Where she’s gone
I will surely, surely follow
Those words, sung in a mournful wail by Sting, were what got my creative juices flowing for the short story that eventually became “Hounds of Winter.” Sting’s song was all about a man missing his mate in the depths of winter, and I wanted to capture that feeling of aching sorrow and cold loneliness that he’d captured in song with a story.
In “Hounds of Winter,” the main character, Devlin, finds himself alone in a frigid winter landscape. His beloved, his Faylinn, has disappeared. Most assume she has died, victim of a walk in the treacherous winter wood. But then Devlin finds clues showing that all is not as it appears, and his Faylinn may yet be alive.
Whoo-Hoo! The fourth short story I sold to Echelon Press Publishing is up and ready for your reading pleasure as an ebook download. This one is called “Hounds of Winter” and is one of many of my stories that has been inspired by one of my all time favorite musicians, Sting. Here is the teaser description:
Winter is a treacherous season. The ice can cut, the snow can blind, and the wind has teeth. But some winters are even more perilous, some winters are inhabited by malevolent spirits. Devlin finds himself alone in such a winter, his lovely FayLinn gone missing. And when The Wild Hunt shows themselves in the area, he has an idea of where she’s gone. What would be more dangerous: the winter wind and vicious hunters or the pain of abandonment and a broken heart?
It’s only $2! Go download it now and get a good shiver!
http://tinyurl.com/houndsowinter
