February 19th
I've really been looking forward to introducing Dorothy Davies. Along with A.J. Humpage she was one of the first to welcome and support me on Talkback, the online forum of the UK's Writers' News and Writing Magazine. And I am so appreciative of her continued encouragement.
Dorothy is as diverse an author as you can imagine with a wealth of experience across genres, but her speciality lies in historical fiction. Her latest novel, Death Be Pardoner To Me is testament to her knowledge, and more.
An editor in her own right, Dorothy also joined Static Movement last year, an indie press which has published work by several Femmes Fatales. She is now editor of a growing number of dark fiction and horror anthologies.
Dorothy's first short story here, Comes The Sweet Autumn, is sweet indeed.
Please welcome Dorothy Davies; some of you may know her as Antonia Woodville...
Comes The Sweet Autumn by Dorothy Davies
Comes the sweet Autumn with colour, with brilliant skies fit to fracture at the touch of a migrating bird, with the good scent of wood smoke and a hint of coldness. Time to bring out the wool, the thick blankets, the boots, everything that makes you feel good in these crisp autumn days.
It is a time to begin to close down, to stockpile food against the days you cannot go out, to ensure there is sufficient fuel for the fire, to prepare for the blizzards ahead.
The sweet Autumn is a good time to think of the empty cellar, with its hooks and its racks and its shelves awaiting supplies.
And so the Autumn is a good time to make sure that there are bodies aplenty for the cold days ahead.
Just think of the hooks and the racks and the shelves filled with fresh meat.
Is it not a good enough thought to make Autumn seem even sweeter?
Then come with me, we will hunt together and together we will ensure the cellar is full.
And if you do not offend me in any way, you may even survive until Spring.
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Bio:
Dorothy Davies
Writer, medium, editor, full member Fictioneer, lives on the Isle of Wight and writes strange stories.
Dorothy Davies
Author, 'Death Be Pardoner To Me', the life of George, duke of Clarence.
Amor Vincit Omnia
Dorothy Davies
Author, 'Death Be Pardoner To Me', the life of George, duke of Clarence.
Amor Vincit Omnia
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