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    The Princess Goes Into The Forest
    The Princess Goes Into The Forest
    The Princess Goes Into The Forest
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    The Princess Goes Into The Forest

    By Mary Catelli

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    Act with care. . . .In the home of a wealthy but vanished family, four young people, inventorying the household, find the props for the family's amateur theaterics.  But a few minutes of donning them to play at roles has consequences that none of them could have guessed.  One plays a subtle courtier, one a brave swordsman, one a powerful enchantress. . . and one takes up the role of a princess, and goes into a forest.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWizard's Wood Press
    Release dateJun 21, 2015
    ISBN9781942564225
    The Princess Goes Into The Forest
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    Mary Catelli

    Mary Catelli is an avid reader of fantasy, science fiction, history, fairy tales, philosophy, folklore and a lot of other things. (Including the backs of cereal boxes.) Which, in due course, overflowed into writing fantasy (and some science fiction).

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      The Princess Goes Into The Forest - Mary Catelli

      The Princess Goes Into The Forest

      Mary Catelli

      Published by Wizard's Wood Press, 2015.

      This is a work of fiction. Similarities to real people, places, or events are entirely coincidental.

      THE PRINCESS GOES INTO THE FOREST

      First edition. June 21, 2015.

      Copyright © 2015 Mary Catelli.

      ISBN: 978-1942564225

      Written by Mary Catelli.

      Table of Contents

      Title Page

      Copyright Page

      The Princess Goes Into The Forest

      Also By Mary Catelli

      The Princess Goes Into The Forest

      The door opened to the dim room, sending out a gust that made cloth flutter.  In the gloom, things glinted, gold and silver.

      Will gawked.  Then he shouted, Look at this!

      Holding grimly to the railing, Beth climbed down the rickety stairs—no one should own a house this big without money enough to maintain it—to the room.  The only light filtered through one window and turned as grimy as its glass, but she gawked, too.  "I thought the family did amateur theatricals?"

      She found the cord and yanked.  A light bulb's unshaded light fell on racks and shelves.  To catalogue all this. . . .

      They should have sold it, Will said.  For the taxes.

      The society had gotten the house by paying the taxes, but Beth smiled.  The family left.  Hard to pay taxes in absentia.

      When was that? said Will.

      Beth hesitated.  They left.  She knew they had left.  They had been the Wiseman family, and this the Wiseman house. . . .

      The taxes? she finally said.  A couple years ago.  She started through the clothing.  Behind her, Will rummaged.  Her hair caught, and she freed it from a hanger.  Vicky had been right; she should have braided it before they came.  She would earn her hours of public service here.  This room would probably exhaust her requirement and have more left over.

      At least, it was not covered with dust and cobwebs, she told herself.

      Will swirled a green cape.  It unfurled dramatically, and he revealed a sword, held in one hand, that glinted, a little, in the dim light.  Beth raised an eyebrow.  Past him, shelves stood, laden with fans, bottles of make-up, masks, and other props.  Cataloguing would take long enough if they did not play with the toys.

      Where did they get all this? she said.

      What did they get?  Vicky's voice echoed cheerfully in the stairwell.  Then she and Rod walked in, and stared.

      No wonder they vanished, said Vicky.  Spent all their money here.

      On the bright side, said Beth, the society'll get good money for this.  The rack before her held one empty hanger, but all the rest bore regal garments, in brilliant colors.  She pulled a gown from it.  The blue fabric had been smocked and embroidered in white and gold.  She held it to herself.  The lovely princess—Elisabetta.

      The simpering princess, more likely, said Vicky.  "Like a piece of clockwork.  You've got the hair at least, long and golden and curly." 

      Automata would be an odd hobby for a princess, said Beth, dryly, but I might do clockwork.

      Vicky took up a green gown that went with her red hair.  But here we can all chose the parts we wish to play.  The formidable enchantress—Vittoria, who orders all things to her will, on her own, without commanding someone else do it.  Who won her way with her own spellcraft, against the forces arrayed to stop her.

      How often did the princess need to stop your enchantments? said Beth.  Vicky glared at her.

      Hail, enchantress! said Will.  I am the great captain, the master of the sword.  He flourished the

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