Murmurations

FEATURED IN: THE CROW’S QUILL ISSUE FOUR – Tales By The Full Moon from Quill & Crow Publishing House

  • Publication date: November 2021
  • Editor: Cassandra L. Thompson

ABOUT MURMURATIONS

Grieving his lost love, a man seeks the help of a cunning woman and her dark birds.

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PUBLICATION DETAILS

For as long as humanity has existed, we have been mystified by the moon. Haunting, powerful, and ethereally beautiful, the moon has inspired many a tale and mystery. For this issue, we hoped to capture that magic in our own modern storytelling.

CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS

  • Lula and the Girl with No Name by A.L. Garcia
  • The Drowning of Moira O’Clery by E.P. Stavs
  • The Calling Moon by K.R. Wieland
  • The Hungry Whisper of the Wild Wind by Marc Tizura
  • Under Glass by Hansen Adcock
  • Cross My Heart and Hope to Live by Jamie Perrault
  • In the Pale Moonlight by Victoria Moxley
  • Murmurations by Mary Rajotte
  • Weeping Polypore by Marie Casey
  • Featuring Poetry by Ginger Lee and Melanie Whitlock

AN EXCERPT


At the end of a serpentine path, high in the crooked trees, birds of all kinds—some that chitter and sing, others that mimic and mock—announce my arrival at the cunning woman’s cottage. I race to her door, with the setting sun and the impending darkness thereafter hastening my task.

When her gnarled face appears at the glaucous window, I clutch my trembling hands before me, waiting for her to slip from the weatherworn dwelling. Birdsong eddies and swirls in a torrent overhead until she lifts a hand and the creatures cease their chatter.

© MARY RAJOTTE

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