
Kate Mitchell
Bio
I'm a writer and storyteller interested in traditional tales and the oral tradition. Textile crafts are also important to me and I find the linguistic overlap fascinating. I have two children and love being outdoors, with and without them!
Stories (2)
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The Dragon Hide
There weren’t always dragons in the valley. Lyra, holding back a swathe of brambles for her customer to squeeze by, hoped that today she would be lucky and there would be lots. She needed the money. And she’d already seen Jonquil heading up the steep ravine a way ahead of her with two or three followers of his own, making decent progress.
By Kate Mitchell4 years ago in Fiction
All that is Gold
Lottie, splashing in the river, found a glittering lump of iron pyrite. She insisted it was fairy gold, but Sasha set her straight: iron pyrite is fools’ gold. It might look like the real thing, but it’s not. Fairy gold is different: it is the real thing… for a while. But by morning it will be gone, turned to sand. You must be careful where you spend it!
By Kate Mitchell5 years ago in Futurism