CoW Ep. 362: Hare’s Breath

[Languorous Lass]

Cast of Wonders 362: Hare's Breath

• Author: Maria Haskins
• Narrator: Katrin Kania
• Host: Marguerite Kenner
• Audio Producer: Jeremy Carter
• Originally published in Shimmer, Issue 39, September 2017
• Click here to listen to Episode 362

Content Warning: 

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discussion of medical procedures and suicide

1947, Västerbotten, Sweden

It’s Midsummer’s Eve and even this close to midnight there’s no darkness, only a long, translucent dusk that will eventually slip into dawn.

Britt and I are fifteen, and she has just come back from That Place, the one the adults won’t talk about even when they think I’m not listening. Something’s happened to her there, but I don’t understand what it is, and she can’t find the words to tell me.

Tags: Cast of Wonders, Fantasy, fiddle, growing up, Jeremy Carter, Katrin Kania, Marguerite Kenner, Maria Haskins, midsummer, Modern Fantasy, river, sterilization, suicide, Summer Spotlight, Young Adult fiction

[Marlboro]

Great story and great narration. I really liked this one a lot.

This author also wrote a flash fiction story for PseudoPod that I liked called "Ten Things I Didn't Do." It can be found here:

https://pseudopod.org/2018/12/01/pseudopod-624-fotb-xlv-personal-narratives/

[Languorous Lass]

Thanks for pointing out that connection!  I remember being haunted by that story.