The Lady of Roch Shan

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Historical, Fiction & Literature, Short Stories, Romance
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Author: Shannon Phillips ISBN: 1230000107382
Publisher: Alizarin Publishing Publication: February 16, 2013
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Shannon Phillips
ISBN: 1230000107382
Publisher: Alizarin Publishing
Publication: February 16, 2013
Imprint:
Language: English

In this fantasy short story, a Highlands wise-woman must pit her craft against a wayward noblewoman and her fairy lover.

Excerpt:

"I know a good position when I see one, which doesn't explain how I ended up with Laird Rheagel of Roch Shan, he so tight with the Church and all. Indeed I was surprised that he accepted me. Not that I consider myself impious, mind you. I say the chants regularly and properly, and I wear the Sign. Actually, I am familiar with many signs, which is the problem. These young priests are so uppity. Their knowledge can't simply be best, but it must be only—and whoosh! a thousand years of learning dumped out the window with the bath water.

"But I say a girl has to be careful, especially when she's seen as many winters as I have and is no longer often called a girl. So I try to keep on the good side of all the heavens, although some are more easily satisfied than others. I won't say I was driven out of my previous home, but when the eggs are rotten, I don't stay for the omelet: and when the local priest denounced me as a witch, I left.

"Although as far as that goes, he was right."

(Originally published in Dragon #207, reprinted by permission of the author.)

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In this fantasy short story, a Highlands wise-woman must pit her craft against a wayward noblewoman and her fairy lover.

Excerpt:

"I know a good position when I see one, which doesn't explain how I ended up with Laird Rheagel of Roch Shan, he so tight with the Church and all. Indeed I was surprised that he accepted me. Not that I consider myself impious, mind you. I say the chants regularly and properly, and I wear the Sign. Actually, I am familiar with many signs, which is the problem. These young priests are so uppity. Their knowledge can't simply be best, but it must be only—and whoosh! a thousand years of learning dumped out the window with the bath water.

"But I say a girl has to be careful, especially when she's seen as many winters as I have and is no longer often called a girl. So I try to keep on the good side of all the heavens, although some are more easily satisfied than others. I won't say I was driven out of my previous home, but when the eggs are rotten, I don't stay for the omelet: and when the local priest denounced me as a witch, I left.

"Although as far as that goes, he was right."

(Originally published in Dragon #207, reprinted by permission of the author.)

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