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    Tales of Disastrous Deeds
    Tales of Disastrous Deeds
    Tales of Disastrous Deeds
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    Tales of Disastrous Deeds

    By Debbie Mumford

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    Take a journey into the realm of disaster, whether natural or man-made, with these five short stories from Debbie Mumford’s Flights of Fantasy.

    In this collection you’ll discover a thrilling tale of an ill-conceived heist (“Egg Thief”), a flash tale of natural disaster (“Aftermath”), a moving story of a young man’s desperate struggle to survive in the wilderness (“Silver-Tipped Death”), a short tale of humanity’s quest to avoid annihilation (“Remembrance”), and a Sci-Fi tale of personal loss and ultimate triumph (“New Year”).

    *~*~*

    A prolific copywriter by day, Debbie Mumford has been published in WMG Publishing’s Fiction River anthologies, Flash Me Magazine, Spinetingler Magazine, and other markets. She has also released several novels, novellas, and short story collections, including the popular Sorcha’s Children series. Find out more about Debbie’s work at debbiemumford.com or follow her on Facebook: @DebbieMumfordWrites. Join her newsletter list at eepurl.com/bTXLhX to receive an exclusive FREE story!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWDM Publishing
    Release dateOct 15, 2017
    ISBN9781370360550
    Tales of Disastrous Deeds
    Author

    Debbie Mumford

    Debbie Mumford specializes in speculative fiction—fantasy, paranormal romance, and science fiction. Author of the popular Sorcha’s Children series, Debbie loves the unknown, whether it’s the lure of space or earthbound mythology. Her work has been published in multiple volumes of Fiction River, as well as in Heart’s Kiss Magazine, Spinetingler Magazine, and other popular markets. She writes about dragon-shifters, time-traveling lovers, and ghostly detectives for adults as Debbie Mumford and contemporary fantasy for tweens and young adults as Deb Logan.

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      Tales of Disastrous Deeds - Debbie Mumford

      Tales of Disastrous Deeds

      Tales of Disastrous Deeds

      Debbie Mumford

      WDM Publishing

      Contents

      Foreword

      Egg Thief

      Remembrance

      New Year

      Aftermath

      Silver-Tipped Death

      About the Author

      Also by Debbie Mumford

      Foreword

      Thank you for journeying with me into the past with these four tales.

      Our first stop will be a visit to the ladies of the early 20th century who struggled for the cause of women’s suffrage in Sisters in Suffrage. Next, Incident on the High Line will take us a few decades further into the past to the late 19th century, where we’ll visit the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.

      Next we’ll stop in the late 1830s, a darker period of American history, where we’ll follow one young woman’s trials during the Cherokee Removal in The Trail Where We Cried.

      Finally, we’ll visit 15th century Scotland as a contemporary American woman explores her roots and discovers her destiny in my time-travel novella, Her Highland Laird.

      I hope you enjoy the journey!

      Egg Thief

      Amixture of terror and elation spur me down the steep, rocky slope. The harsh, cold wind buffets me, making it had to keep my leather-booted feet

      beneath

      me

      .

      I can’t slow down. Can’t fall. If I so much as pause … she might come back, might realize what I’ve done. If she catches me on this unprotected slope, she’ll roast me alive.

      The backpack bounces against my shoulders, its warm, reassuring weight throwing off my balance. I’ve done it! I slipped into her lair, stole an egg, and made it back to the cold, fresh air of the mountainside.

      I’ve got to keep moving, got to make it to the forest. She won’t be able to find me once I reach the trees’ thick canopy.

      I pant, cold air numbing nose and cheeks and making my lungs ache. But the precious egg in my pack, the one I risked everything to steal, is safe and warm, protected by a nest of soft woolen blankets.

      The ground beneath my feet levels, turning from rock to coarse, low grass and sedge. Tree line is within sight, its stunted larch and fir trees twisted by the constant fierce, cold wind that whistles past my ears and makes my eyes water.

      I’m going to make it. Those scraggly trees aren’t much, but they’re my only hope. The first cover on this wind-swept mountainside. Just a little way beyond the tree line, the proper forest begins. Tall spruce, firs, and aspen with sufficient canopy to shield a fleeing man from even a dragon’s sharp vision.

      The worst is behind me. Once I gain the forest, I’ll

      be

      safe

      .

      Terror loosens its grip on my heart and exultation bubbles through my core. A near-hysterical giggle forces its way past my chapped lips. Truly, I’ve done it. The jade-green egg with dark blue mottling is mine. A prize beyond measure. And not just because of the gold I will

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