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    Merry Mid-Winter: The Magic of the Season [Inspired by Dickens' A Christmas Carol]
    Merry Mid-Winter: The Magic of the Season [Inspired by Dickens' A Christmas Carol]
    Merry Mid-Winter: The Magic of the Season [Inspired by Dickens' A Christmas Carol]
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    Merry Mid-Winter: The Magic of the Season [Inspired by Dickens' A Christmas Carol]

    By Natasha Duncan-Drake

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    Ebenzia is a fairy of the forest of Lon. A fairy's single task is to see to the welfare of those beings under their care, but Ebenzia hoards magic rather than using it for the good of all. A visit from her departed partner Marley starts a sequence of events that will either reclaim her soul, or bring her to madness.

    A fantasy homage to the great "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens.

    LanguageEnglish
    Publisherwittegenpress
    Release dateDec 8, 2021
    ISBN9781005222932
    Merry Mid-Winter: The Magic of the Season [Inspired by Dickens' A Christmas Carol]
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    Natasha Duncan-Drake

    Natasha is a British author living in the southeast of England with her husband and two cats. She has been publishing genre fiction with Wittegen Press since 2011. Her work includes everything from horror to young adult fantasy and she has never met a genre she didn't like. A prolific producer of short stories and novels alike, Natasha currently has a plethora of titles in her back catalogue, with further releases always imminent. Natasha was inspired to start writing way back as a pre-teen after she read The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien. She is a huge fan of science fiction, fantasy, and horror in all their media forms, and is a big advocate of fanfiction as a great tool for writers to polish their skills in a welcoming and supportive community. For free fiction, jokes, fandom reviews and more, check Natasha out at Tales With Tasha on YouTube. And if you enjoy your fiction on the naughtier side, have a look at Natasha's alter ego, Virginia Waytes her Sexy Stories Podcast and the eBooks that go with it. The Manor is an exclusive adult only club in the heart of the English countryside where supernatural beings live, work and play.

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      Merry Mid-Winter - Natasha Duncan-Drake

      CHAPTER 1

      THE LEAST BEAUTIFULE OF THEM ALL

      There is no doubt that Marley was dead. This must be distinctly understood, or nothing wonderful can come of the story I am going to relate.

      — Charles Dickens – A Christmas Carol

      THE WHOLE WORLD HAS MAGIC, but no place is more magical than the Great Forest of Lon, for it is the realm of the fairies. Even in the midst of winter the trees sparkle with ice crystals and the snow glints in the bright sunlight.

      At least, this is true now, but once there was a place in the forest where there was no sparkling and no glinting. The trees hung heavy with dull icicles and the snow lay in grey lumps on the ground. This was the home of Ebenzia. It was once the home of Ebenzia and Marley, but fairies do not remain as corporeal beings forever. Marley had passed beyond the mortal plane seven turnings of the year prior to our story's beginning, on the eve of the Mid-Winter Festival.

      Now it is a fairy's job to care for their forest and those in it. Every being and creature is born with their own magic, some with the ability to access it, others with it simply at their core. However, at times, a being might require more magic. It is a fairy's place to give them this magic. However, Ebenzia was not a good and kind fairy. She would only lend such magic. And, unthinkable to most, she demanded the high price of some of the borrower's internal magic as payment for the loan, as well as the traditional tribute of a small offering of food or drink. This magic she hoarded in great crystals so only she could feel its life and see its sparkle.

      Not all fairies are beautiful as a human would reckon it, but most are beautiful in their own way. Ebenzia had a most fair face, but she was the least beautiful of them all. There was barely a moment when her face was not marred by a scowl, and her eyes were black with her greed.

      The sun did not warm her. The snow did not chill her. Nothing of nature seemed to touch her at all and that was the way Ebenzia liked it. The only time she smiled was when more magic came to her, not caring a whit for the suffering of those around her.

      Some would say the one who suffered the most

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