Gardens of Wind

By Kate Macleod

Akeli lives in a village of tethered balloons and airships far above the unlivable surface of the Earth, but under the cruel thumb of her uncle.

Her baby girl fell down to Earth a year ago. An airship full of sailors docks and her uncle demands Akeli get a new baby for the good of the clan.

Her cousins know all about wooing men. They always outshine quiet Akeli. But not today.

A familiar (short) story of village life in a most unfamiliar village.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ratatoskr Press
• Release date: Apr 29, 2017
• ISBN: 9781946552129

Kate Macleod

Dr. Kate MacLeod is an innovative inclusive educator, researcher, and author. She began her career as a high school special education teacher in New York City and now works as faculty in the college of education at the University of Maine Farmington and as an education consultant with Inclusive Schooling. She has spent 15 years studying inclusive practices and supporting school leaders and educators to feel prepared and inspired to include all learners.

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Gardens of Wind

GARDENS OF WIND

KATE MACLEOD

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GARDENS OF WIND

The call was raised that the Parjanya had been spotted approaching from the nor’east. There was an outcry among the women for all of the last minute tasks that still remained to be done, but Akeli slipped away before her mother could assign her some duty. She knew this wasn’t her father’s ship approaching, nor her Brandon’s ship either, but she still wanted to see it for herself before it docked. She climbed up between the hydroponics rafts to the catwalks that ran over the top of everything. She could still be seen through the glass roofs, but the gardens below were empty, all necessary chores finished early in anticipation of the arrival of the Parjanya and the festival to follow.

Akeli reached the end of the al-Khátún and leaned over the railing as far as she dared. The sky was clear, except of course for below, but still she could not see the Parjanya. She followed the rail to the balloon rigging, climbing to the very top. There was no rail here, no safety line, nothing between her and a fall to the earth far below save the grip of her hands on the rope