Agatha the Atrocious

By Linda Jordan

On the horizon looms World War 2. How can a young girl survive?

Sent away to the English countryside, ten-year old Agatha feels miserable. She broke a snooty girl’s nose.

Her parents told her they just needed to keep her safe from the coming war. Agatha knows the real truth.

They hate her. Just like everyone else.

In the country, Agatha finds her perceptions overturned.

A charming fantasy for readers who love historical fiction. Pick this one up for an uplifting tale.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Metamorphosis Press
• Release date: Aug 30, 2020
• ISBN: 9781005052423

Linda Jordan

Linda Jordan writes fascinating characters, visionary worlds, and imaginative fiction. She creates both long and short fiction, serious and silly. She believes in the power of healing and transformation, and many of her stories follow those themes.In a previous lifetime, Linda coordinated the Clarion West Writers’ Workshop as well as the Reading Series. She spent four years as Chair of the Board of Directors during Clarion West’s formative period. She’s also worked as a travel agent, a baker, and a pond plant/fish sales person, you know, the sort of things one does as a writer.Currently, she’s the Programming Director for the Writers Cooperative of the Pacific Northwest.Linda now lives in the rainy wilds of Washington state with her husband, daughter, four cats, a cluster of Koi and an infinite number of slugs and snails.

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Agatha the Atrocious

Agatha the Atrocious

A Faerie Story

Linda Jordan

Metamorphosis Press

Copyright © 2018 by Linda Jordan

Published by Metamorphosis Press

Contents

Agatha the Atrocious

About the Author

Agatha the Atrocious

Agatha stood in the smoky train station, next to her small black suitcase and the old, cranky maid. She carried a muslin bag with some sort of sandwich in it. She didn’t know what kind and didn’t care. Inside she felt like crying. Outside, she wouldn’t let them know. She didn’t want to be sent away to the country. She wasn’t afraid of any Jerrys.

She wanted to stay at home.

Agatha remembered last week at Cheltham, the boarding school, when the mean maths teacher, Ms. Belford, marched her out of the classroom and called her Agatha, the Atrocious. That was just before Agatha got sent home from boarding school. She hadn’t meant to hurt Melissa.

Agatha was just tired of being teased about how slow she ran. She’d just meant to wallop Melissa with her book bag. Not break the snooty girl’s nose.

She could be good, really she could.

Agatha’s name and destination were written on a luggage tag and pinned to her coat. She felt like taking the paper tag off and throwing it onto the train tracks when no one was looking. Then let Mother and Father search for her. That would teach them.

The boy standing next to her was joking around with another boy and bumped her, almost knocking her over.

S’cuse me, he said.

Agatha just glared at him.

The train pulled in just then. As soon as it was stopped and emptied, the maid pushed her onto it and handed Agatha