Deep in the Neverwood
My second entry to the Whispering Woods challenge. It can be read as a stand alone story, or you can read them one after the other. The first one will be linked in the comments. There's also a content warning at the bottom of this story. I've put it there because it includes a spoiler. I know not everyone wants CWs, but it's there if you do.
Willow speaks: Local legend tells of an ancient Forest Guardian. One-eyed, white haired, gnarled like an old oak tree. Some say it's Odin, long past his heyday. Come to Earth to spend his retirement in this sleepy little village, protecting its forest mantle as a kind of righteous hobby.
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The lady is very, very old, and her hands shake. Her hair has grown long and white, and her eye-bags droop so much, she looks like a Bassett Hound. The teacup rattles in its saucer. I take it from her before she scolds herself, and set it on the little side-table, which is as bland as the rest of the room.
By L.C. Schäfer8 months ago in Fiction
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Wow, excellent storytelling. Off to the next.
Seriously, L.C. there's an uncanny brilliance to your writing style. This is outstanding and I'm looking forward to reading the rest of the series. On a side note, I'm not sure I agree with your comment elsewhere about "sinister." 😉
F***! This was an enthralling story, LC! I was taken a little off guard when I worked out what the ritual was for, but I LOVE that kind of old-school woodland magic! This story was simply incredible! I loved the almost epistolary piece at the beginning and the third person prose that follows gives me so many questions! Your Neverwood is terrifying! and fascinating! Drat that I'm at work and can't binge the rest of the related stories right now!
Feels like Alice in Wonderland...I'm going to be careful with tea from now on.
Well done, LC! This is a fantastic world you are creating!
I got to the bottom, read the message...returned to the top and...ahhhh! Artfully written as usual LC. This is beautifully written, disturbing on some levels, yet is not life all of those things combined. A dark ride of a story.
Only when I reached the content warning at the end did I understand what was going on, lol. Because I was so confused what she showed her Gram from her pocket. I just thought that this old lady was the child you saved the baby in The Nevergreens. But I read Brin's comment and started thinking. Like is that what it actually is? The second part is the prequel to The Nevergreens?
Bravo!!! Amazing entry into the challenge!!!💕❤️❤️
Holy moly! You took the challenge and totally made it your own. Epic.
LC, as a storyteller you are in a category all by yourself. This story absolutely blew my mind!
Stunning! "Vera Drake" with a fantasy twist. Please tell me you will continue this.
So the second half of the story is the first part? And the child who was born in the woods was hers? Most of the challenge entries are predictable and similar (mine included), but this one has a unique spin, in that it's actually beyond the scope of what's expected. I liked it.
Here is the other one, as promised: https://shopping-feedback.today/fiction/the-nevergreens%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv class="css-w4qknv-Replies">
Great job