Genres: Fantasy, Horror Fantasy
Cast of Wonders 251: Little Wonders 12: The Unexpected
Show Notes
The Little Wonders theme “Neversus” is by Alexye Nov, available from Promo DJ or his Facebook page.
Why They’re Never About The Good Ones
By Evan Dicken
Once upon a time, in a valley in Lower Saxony just south of Meppen town, there lived an old woman and her two grandchildren.
Helene had been a weaver in her younger days, but over the years the damp of the fens had stolen into her joints, twisting her fingers until they grew as gnarled and useless as the roots of the scrubby trees that crowded the river bank.
Katarin and Klaus had come north with the Spring floods, refugees from the labor pains that accompanied the birth of French democracy. Their father had gone off to fight Napoleon, and their mother, always sickly and lovelorn, wasted away for want of him.
Helene had no money, and the children were too young for real work. By all rights, they should have starved.