I made a mistake. Actually its my story In the Village of Setang (also from 7 Days to Midnight) that is in the Exotic Gothic 4 Anthology! Heres a taste: I was nineteen when my mother died of fever which she contracted after her labours in the paddy fields. Soon after her white shroud was swallowed by the crumbling earth, I received word that Mak Ina, my aunt, wanted me to move to Setang, the village where our territorial chief resided. Mak Ina worked as his head cook in what she called his ‘palace’ and, as she was already seventy, she needed help in her daily duties. Setang was half-a-day’s walk from the village of my birth, but because of my club foot, it took all day to get there as I hobbled down the track between jungle, gambier plantations and tin mines dotted about the scared limestone hills. I arrived with my body aching, staggering with my bundle of clothes just as the insect voices mounted a shrilling octave. - See more at: gothic.stir.ac.uk/uncategorized/exotic-gothic-4-winner-of-world-fantasy-award-for-best-anthology/#sthash.CCGH592p.dpuf
Posted on: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 10:33:27 +0000
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