Short story originally published in Adventures in Sword and Sorcery #6, now available on the author's website. Vernor closed the door of his cottage behind him, venturing out to the porch. The night wind tugged at his hood as he walked carefully down the stairs in the darkness. He set his buckets down and tightened the strings under his chin—not that there was a villager who didn't know what the hood covered anyway. Shrugging the thought away, he stepped into the street on his nightly trip to the fountain in the center of town.
Author
Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name. Patricia Briggs was born in Butte, Montana, to a children’s librarian who passed on to her kids a love of reading and books. Patricia grew up reading fairy tales and books about horses, and later developed an interest in folklore and history. When she decided to write a book of her own, a fantasy book seemed a natural choice. Patricia graduated from Montana State University with degrees in history and German and she worked for a while as a substitute teacher. Currently, she lives in Montana with her husband, children, and six horses and writes full time, much to the delight of her fans.
