The Stone Maiden And Other Tales

An anthology of short sci fi and fantasy.Welcome to glimpses of seven worlds where things are often more, and sometimes less, than they seem, where events do not always turn out as one might expect. :The Stone Maiden: Rutgar said to her, "It is said by sailors, and fishermen, all along the coast of the continent, that there is an island out here, somewhere, on which lives a magic woman, a witch or a sorceress, like Circe, or Morgan Le Faye. She is said to be evil beyond compare and that in times past, she ruled all the islands our here as a tyrant, demanding sacrifice of human blood. It is said too that she has a treasure men have died for.""It is said? " she asked, feigning ignorance some more, wondering if she was feigning it correctly.