But when they settle in rural Minnesota, she faces the worst winter anyone has known in a century. And with her husband still working in D.C., she faces it alone.
Alone, except for a neighbor who doesn’t speak much, but is always willing to help out with his Bobcat.
But his knowledge of the woman’s roots might be worth more than a dozen snowplows. If she can just figure out how to use it.
“Winter’s End,” a modern fantasy short story about the magic that still lurks in hidden places.
Kate MacLeod has written stories which have appeared in Analog, Strange Horizons and Mythic Delirium, among other places. She is also the author of two young adult science fictions series: The Travels of Scout Shannon, and The Ritchie and Fitz Sci-Fi Murder Mysteries. She also contributes to a serialized science fiction podcast called The Tales of the Chai Makhani Trio. She currently lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota. You can learn more about her work at KateMacLeodWrites.com.