River Woman

By S. M. Carrière

A tribe of cave dwellers take in a strange young woman who came from the cold waters of the river.

• Language: English
• Publisher: S. M. Carrière
• Release date: Jan 23, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301836277

S. M. Carrière

Born in 1983 in Quito, Ecuador, S.M. Carrière has lived in five countries around the world including Ecuador, Gabon and The Philippines. The family moved to Australia from The Philippines shortly after the commencement of hostilities there in 1989.After graduating High School, S.M. Carrière worked full time as an Office Junior at a law firm in Brisbane, Queensland before moving to Canada in 2001. In 2002 she began her academic career beginning in Criminology, but switching to Directed Interdisciplinary Studies (focusing on Perhistoric Anthropology and Archaeology) after her first year. She graduated with a B.A. Hon from Carleton University in 2007 with honours.It wasn't until well after graduation that writing found her. She hasn't looked back since.S.M. Carrière now resides in Canada with her two cats and a growing collection of books.

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River Woman

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S.M Carrière

First published 2010 by S.M. Carrière in The Dying God & Other Stories.

Smashwords edition published 2013.

Short stories Copyright © 2010 by S.M. Carrière.

All rights reserved. Published in Canada by S.M. Carrière and distributed by Smashwords.com.

This is a work of collected fiction. Places, characters, names and events are either the product of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons either living or dead, events or locations are entirely coincidental.

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River Woman

His name was Little Bear. The Shaman gave the name to him after he killed a bear during his Man-Making. He once had a different name, but men weren’t allowed to keep their boy names. As of now, Little Bear was a man amongst boys, and it was his job to watch the children and ensure that they were safe from harm. The children were playing now just a few feet from the mouth of the home cave, a safe distance from the cold river that flowed nearby.

It was usual for men of his ilk to take a wife or two immediately following their Man-Making. Little Bear, however, had never met any woman he might consider sharing his skins with for more than one night, and so had, shamefully,