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    In the Hands of the Smith: a short story: Tales from Aleyi
    In the Hands of the Smith: a short story: Tales from Aleyi
    In the Hands of the Smith: a short story: Tales from Aleyi
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    In the Hands of the Smith: a short story: Tales from Aleyi

    By Misti Wolanski

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    For women like Flory, fear comes far more easily than trust. Is the strange dwarf visitor another person she should fear, or might he be what she needs, to be able to trust again?

    (A short story of about 3,200 words / 11 pages / 12 minutes for the average reader.)

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMisti Wolanski
    Release dateAug 21, 2014
    ISBN9781502279569
    In the Hands of the Smith: a short story: Tales from Aleyi

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      In the Hands of the Smith - Misti Wolanski

      In the Hands of the Smith

      Tales from Aleyi: upon Newsletter Subscriber Request

      Misti Wolanski

      http://mistiwolanski.com/

      Draft 2 Digital Edition

      Copyright ©2014

      All Rights Reserved

      For women like Flory, fear comes far more easily than trust. Is the strange dwarf visitor another person she should fear, or might he be what she needs, to be able to trust again?

      Cover by the Author

      Image © Andrea Brancaccio (anbra33) on sxc.hu

      Primary font: AvQest by Graham Meade

      Secondary font: Knights Quest by Graham Meade

      Written at the request of Pneumarian, newsletter subscriber, who won the first drawing.

      Join my newsletter, yourself, at http://mad.ly/signups/43518/join!

      This is a work of fiction. People, places, and events are made up; any that aren’t made up have all been processed through the shredder of the author’s imagination and therefore at best bear only superficial resemblance to their originals.

      This work is licensed in its original format for your personal enjoyment. It is not licensed for resale or sharing by e-mail, torrent, or other file-sharing method. Thank you for respecting the author’s rights.

      In the Hands of the Smith

      SOMEONE WAS COMING up the path, and it wasn’t her papa.

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