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    Dancing in the Wind: A Short Story
    Dancing in the Wind: A Short Story
    Dancing in the Wind: A Short Story
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    Dancing in the Wind: A Short Story

    By Alexa Grave

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    It all started with those darn shoes.

    Dorothy is stuck in Oz with a trio of off-the-wall, diabolical munchkins, intent on putting her on trial for killing the Witch. She's all for a little bullying, at least when she's dishing it out to the kids back home. But these munchkins go too far when they force her into the Witch's silver shoes and parade her down the yellow brick road like cattle to be judged by the Wizard of Oz.

    This story is also part of the collection Born of Blood and Spells: 13 Dark Fantasy Stories & Poems.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAlexa Grave
    Release dateOct 24, 2012
    ISBN9781301892754
    Dancing in the Wind: A Short Story
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    Alexa Grave

    Alexa Grave loves to tell stories -- it just so happens her characters occasionally take her on an unexpected ride. Most of what she writes is dark fantasy, but she also likes to weave humor and romance into her fantasy as well.

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      Book preview

      Dancing in the Wind - Alexa Grave

      Dancing in the Wind

      DANCING IN THE WIND

      A SHORT STORY

      ALEXA GRAVE

      HAUNTED UNICORN PUBLISHING

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      It all started with those darn shoes.

      Dorothy is stuck in Oz with a trio of off-the-wall, diabolical munchkins, intent on putting her on trial for killing the Witch. She's all for a little bullying, at least when she's dishing it out to the kids back home. But these munchkins go too far when they force her into the Witch's silver shoes and parade her down the yellow brick road like cattle to be judged by the Wizard of Oz.

      This story received an Honorable Mention in the Writers of the Future Contest for the 4th Quarter of 2009.

      DANCING IN THE WIND

      Copyright © 2012 by Alexa Grave

      Cover Art Oz Shoes by Melissa Smith

      Cover Design and Formatting by Haunted Unicorn Publishing

      All rights reserved.

      No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except as permitted by U.S. copyright law. For permission requests, contact Haunted Unicorn Publishing at haunted@hauntedunicorn.com.

      This story is a work of fiction. All names, characters, and incidents portrayed in this production are fictitious. No identification with actual persons (living or deceased), places, buildings, and products is intended or should be inferred.

      Haunted Unicorn Publishing

      P.O. Box 408

      Watertown, WI 53094

      To all my EverQuest friends, past and present.

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      Dancing in the Wind

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      Titles By Alexa Grave

      About the Author

      DANCING IN THE WIND

      Click, click, click. Tap, tap, tap.

      The sounds reverberated down Dorothy’s spine, waking her. They rattled near, yet far away at the same time – both in and outside of her head. She couldn’t remember where she

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