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    Isobel and the Mammoths
    Isobel and the Mammoths
    Isobel and the Mammoths
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    Isobel and the Mammoths

    By Bonnie Loshbaugh

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    When young Sobel is sent as a sacrifice to a volcano, she must use her story-telling skills to soothe the restless Mammoths inside the mountain.

    In this stand alone short story, Loshbaugh introduces readers to the heroine of the forthcoming Isobel the Bear-Eater series and the rich world she inhabits. Weaving elements of Siberian and Alaskan mythology into her own imagination, Loshbaugh adds depth to a simple tale.

    A preview chapter of "Sobel's Skin," the first boook in the Isobel the Bear-Eater series, is included.

    Bonnie Loshbaugh has lived in Alaska, Siberia, Finland and China. She practices kung fu and has studied upwards of 10 languages. She draws inspiration from music and folk tales and writes to make a literary space for Northern cultures. She currently lives in Seattle, where she misses snow in winter, but appreciates the proximity of coffee shops and a large university library.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBonnie Loshbaugh
    Release dateFeb 12, 2014
    Isobel and the Mammoths
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    Bonnie Loshbaugh

    Bonnie Loshbaugh practices kung fu, writes speculative fiction, and can fillet a salmon in 60 seconds flat. Her first novel, SOBEL'S SKIN is a fantasy tale of a female shaman who can turn into bear, set in an alternate history Siberia. Novels in progress include I WENT DOWN (first draft available on Wattpad!), an urban fantasy noir set in a nightclub and inspired by the jazz standard Saint James Infirmary, and THE SAPIENCE CONVENTION, a scifi tale of corruption, drug smuggling, and fuzzy alien critters. She currently lives in Seattle, where she misses snow in winter, but appreciates the proximity of coffee shops and a large university library.

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      Isobel and the Mammoths - Bonnie Loshbaugh

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      Isobel and the Mammoths

      by Bonnie Loshbaugh

      Skookum Creek Publishing

      Smashwords edition.

      Copyright 2014.

      All Rights Reserved.

      Cover illustration and design by Levi Hastings.

      Isobel and the Mammoths

      Mama! Mama! Malsie bounced in the door, full of six year old energy. The earth shook today!

      Her mother took this news calmly. Were you frightened?

      No. Her long black braids slid over her quilted jacket as Malsie shook her head. We went under the tables, just like we practiced. Teacher said we were good. But Sayara was crying because Kurkil said it meant that the mamonts were coming to eat us up!

      Mammoths, sweetling, Nimnya said. She knelt to help Malsie take off her reindeer skin boots. Mamonts is not a civilized word.

      Malsie stuck out her lower lip, wriggling backwards against the pull on her foot. Mamonths, she amended, as her older brother came into the entry way.

      Mamonts! he said. Have you seen one? They have big teeth, just for scooping up children and carrying them off into the night. He swooped Malsie up, swinging her around until she screamed with laughter.

      Nimnya followed her rambunctious offspring from the mud room into the house. Sal was so tall now, her first baby big enough to carry her second on his shoulders, and little Maliskina already learning to read. Their giggles drifted into the kitchen while Nimnya spoke with the housekeeper about dinner; she hoped she could hold onto them both for a little longer.

      In the evening, when the dark was creeping in from the edges of the house, and Nimnya thought Malsie might slip away easily into sleep for once, the little eyelids popped open. Mama, she whispered. Will you watch for the mamonts? I don’t want them to get me.

      Don’t worry about the mammoths, Maliskina. Nimnya sat down on the bed beside her, pulling the comforter up around Malsie’s chin. They’re asleep in the mountains. They’re much too sleepy to come to town for little girls, even ones as sweet as you.

      Why are they sleeping? Malsie asked. She sat up and pushed back the comforter. The lamplight caught the silken threads of the bright peonies woven into the cloth and Nimnya sighed. On the other side of the room she could see that Sal was already asleep, worn out from the exercises at Master Erkhan’s training hall. But Malsie—Malsie was wide-eyed, and

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