Water’s Shadow

By Sam Frykenberg

Three worlds combine to form a poetic fairy story whose mysteries become ever more deeply intertwined.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu Publishing Services
• Release date: Mar 25, 2015
• ISBN: 9781483427492

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Copyright © 2015 Sam Frykenberg.

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ISBN: 978-1-4834-2748-5 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4834-2749-2 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2015903310

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Lulu Publishing Services rev. date: 03/11/2015

Contents

Perhaps

Holding Water

Princess

Entwined

Matter

Sunlight

Daily

Nectar

Brightly

The Troll

Perhaps

It was pouring rain. No thunder. No lightning. Just rain. Crack! Rain and wind. The boy sat by a large, flat boulder. He was alone. Crack! And didn’t care about the rain. He stared off into the grey, looking at nothing in particular. Crack! Without watching it, he raised his arm again, rock in hand. The rock was smeared with blood and had some red, stringy thing attached to it. He brought it down on the boulder again. Crack! There was quite a mess on the boulder. Perhaps a few hours earlier you could have known it was a frog. Perhaps …

Holding Water

Dear Samuel,

How are you? I miss you a lot. It is sad that you had to move away. Lessons are sooo boring without you! Today I went to our hideout in the woods. I worked on the wall for a small bit, but then I quit. Don’t worry, I won’t let anyone know about it. Hope you come back soon!

Love Thomas

Princess

Could you tell me about fairies?

Well, they can make you fly, and they can give you wishes, and they glow, and they are really pretty, and they can fly too, and they have pretty wings, and dress really pretty too, and …

That’s great, Amy.

Also, they have nice voices, and talk with music. …

Wow. How do they do that?

I don’t know, but they have really pretty voices.

Is it hard to understand them?

No, … well, sometimes it’s hard, but, … well, sometimes, when you don’t know them really well.

I see.

Amy yawned. It was a long yawn, and it wasn’t the first time.

You feelin’ sleepy, Amy?

"Noooh," she managed through another yawn.

Come on! You got your first day of school tomorrow.

I’m not tired, and I don’t like it here.

"In a few months we’ll go back home, and it will be just like it used to be. If you brush your teeth and hop into bed, I’ll