The Story-Catcher: A Fantasy Short Story

By Isabella Amaris

When a girl falls into a river in a Welsh forest, she enters the magical world of the Story-Catcher, a mysterious wizard who might just have an unexpected reason for her presence in his realm.

This short story would appeal to fans of Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking-Glass".

• Language: English
• Publisher: Isabella Amaris
• Release date: May 31, 2011
• ISBN: 9781458057396

Isabella Amaris

When she isn't writing high fantasy or YA romantic fantasy, Isabella Amaris can be found busily penning poetry and short stories with elements of fantasy, romance and mystery/suspense.No matter how busy she is, this author will always love to hear from her readers. Do drop her a line at belleamaris at gmail dot com, or pop by her website at http://isabellaamaris.com. She blogs on fairy tales and fantasy at http://isabellaamaris.blogspot.com.

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THE STORY-CATCHER

A Fantasy Short Story

by Isabella Amaris

The Story-Catcher:

A Fantasy Short Story*

Copyright © 2011 Isabella Amaris

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*This is a revised version of ‘The Story-Catcher’ previously published in the anthology ‘New Writing 4’ (Silverfish Books, 2004).

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When a girl falls into a river in a Welsh forest, she enters the magical world of the Story -Catcher, a mysterious wizard who might just have an unexpected reason for her presence in his realm . . .

The Story-Catcher:

A Fantasy Short Story

Now, this might be very hard to believe, but what I am about to tell you is the truth.

Yes, the whole truth, with neither embellishments nor unnecessary summarizations.

So listen very carefully, and I shall tell you the story of what happened to a foolish young girl on the bank of a sparkling, Welsh river, when the world was still asleep to all but the fey.

My name is Elvira. Yes, it’s a hideous name, isn’t it? I live, well… somewhere that’s quite unimportant. What really matters is my cousin Simon’s cottage.

Simon told me he’d bought the place after glimpsing puffed trails of smoke escaping its small chimney. At the time, I’d thought he was being absurdly dramatic, but after seeing his gem of a cottage one summer, I think I understand why he fell in love with it.

My story begins that first summer, the summer that Simon invited me and two friends to visit his little hideaway.

These very same friends often describe me as being a rather ‘dreamy’ individual - you