The Locket

By J. A. Clement

A short festive story set some years before the On Dark Shores series.

Nereia, all of seven years old, is very excited. Preparations are underway for the celebrations in the gracious house on the cliff top, and her Mama and Papa have told her that this year for the first time she will be allowed to take part in the Yuletide ceremony - but there is mystery in the air...

Papa is away, and Mama is watching for every carriage that passes. Something is afoot... Nereia sets herself to find out what - or who - is the surprise that her father has promised her.

• Language: English
• Publisher: J. A. Clement
• Release date: Dec 24, 2016
• ISBN: 9781908212399

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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The Locket

The Locket

J. A. Clement

Weasel Green Press

Contents

1. The Locket

About the Author

Acknowledgments

Other books by Weasel Green Press:

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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THE LOCKET

Copyright © 2012 J.A. Clement

ISBN:

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No part of this publication may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. Requests for permission should be addressed to the author.

This story was first published in Christmas Lites 2, an anthology in support of the charity National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. It is now republished with kind permission of the editor.

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We are just about to release our sixth editions of Christmas Lites – we hope you’ll check out some of the other exciting, haunting and hilarious stories in the anthologies, and help us raise money for a really good cause.

The Locket

W hen will they be here , Mama?

Mariana glanced up from her embroidery at her daughter, seven years old and full of the excitement of Yuletide. Soon, Nereia; they can't be far off now. She stopped. "They? Who