A Wintery Tale...by Susan Price
A Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year to all our readers! But it's Christmas Day and you want something a little different from the usual blog. So I offer you this wintery tale...Or, at least, its first chapter. ******************************************************** ******************************************* Ghost Dance Or, The Czar's Black Angel 'Are you cold, my children? Are you cold?' Chapter 1 In a place far distant from where you are now grows an oak tree by a lake. Round the oak's trunk is a chain of golden links. Tethered to the chain is a learned cat, and this most learned of all cats ...