A Sprig of Holly

By J. A. Clement

Greta lives with her grandfather in a cabin in the mountains. The winter is harsh and they are running short of wood. Their handsome neighbour Matthias would help - but he is still trying to get back from the town.

Greta and her grandfather must venture out into the snow to cut more wood or freeze to death, but when disaster strikes, who can help them? Will she ever see Matthias again?

And what is the significance of the little sprig of holly?

• Language: English
• Publisher: J. A. Clement
• Release date: Dec 4, 2012
• ISBN: 9781908212153

J. A. Clement

J. A. Clement lives near London with her partner and a sneaky but handsome lurcher with a predilection for gingerbread. She writes her fantasy series "On Dark Shores" whenever she can, mostly in her lunch hour (which probably explains the excessive number of bacon sandwiches that have to be edited out later). The main series is accompanied by the 'Parallels' series which features other stories set in the same world. Her "To-Write" list is as big as your "To-Read" list (and covers several genres, but she just needs to finish this series first...) For advanced warning of new releases, you can sign up to her newsletter via her blog, or she's happy to be contacted by readers via email at jaclement [dot] ondarkshores [at] gmail [dot] com. She is happy to answer any questions she can without spoilers, and does love a good gossip with fellow bookworms. You have been warned...

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A Sprig of Holly

A Sprig of Holly

J. A. Clement

Weasel Green Press

Copyright © 2011 by J. A. Clement

Smashwords edition

ISBN-13: 978-1-908212-

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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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Contents

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1. Helpless

2. The Snowmaiden

3. The Accident

4. Matthias

5. Colours

6. Moonlit Dancing

7. The Sprigs of Holly

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Afterword

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Helpless

H elp! Help! Oh Gods, what shall I do? There isn’t anyone this side of the peak. What shall I do? Pappy, can you hear me? Greta clutched her aching head, dizzy, and staggered over to where the tree lay across the still form of her Grandfather. "Pappy? Please, Pappy, talk

to

me

…"

Desperately she heaved at the tree, trying to shift it far enough to release him, but it did not lift in the slightest and the effort only made her head swim, so she dropped to her knees in the snow next to him. "Oh Pappy… if only Matthias had got back. Why did I ever agree to come out

this

far

?"

There was a rustling in the stillness, and Greta fell silent, listening. There might not be anyone human this side of the mountain, but that did not mean that there were no animals around. It was a few years since they’d been troubled with wolves, but if they had come back, Pappy’s predicament