Note:  Due to circumstances beyond my control (namely, my publisher closing her business), The Goblin King will no longer be in print until such time as I can find another publisher willing to republish an already published book.  In the meantime, I've decided that I still want people to read this story, and so I've posted it to my site for your enjoyment.  If you click the pic, instead of a preview, you will now get the entire story.
The Heartless Princess
This is an original fairy tale I wrote that I intend to have published.  I didn't make a pic for this story yet, but if you'd like to read it, click on the title.
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Poetry
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Holding a Grudge

Hopeless Love (Confronting the Villain)
Ghost Owl
by Shauna Houser

Only the moon sees the Ghost of the night
gliding silent as thought, its cry eerie and grating.
And only the moon sees the flash of its eyes,
and the gleam of sharp talons held open and waiting.

Only the moon knows the Ghost Owl is hunting,
as pale as a shadow caught out in midday,
and only the moon knows the world is its playground
and everything in it its prey.

So come the deep cold, when the nights are the longest
and shadows are strongest, it's time to beware.
For when the sun rises, unpleasant surprises
will leave mortals grieving, their homes in despair.

And only the moon knows the Owl hunted there...

To read the story of the Ghost Owl and the mortal who tamed him, click the pic.
Warning: This story is unfinished