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The Girl Who Loved the Winter and 8 Other Short Stories Nine Fantasy Stories of Love, Hate, Balance and Hope by Rick Henry

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The Girl Who Loved the Winter and 8 Other Short Stories Nine Fantasy Stories of Love, Hate, Balance and Hope

by Rick Henry

Nine short stories of Fantasy Stories of Love, Hate, Balance and Hope.

Fiction Fantasy
Author Rick Henry
Published 2018
Format Print edition

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About The Girl Who Loved the Winter and 8 Other Short Stories Nine Fantasy Stories of Love, Hate, Balance and Hope

Nine short stories of Fantasy Stories of Love, Hate, Balance and Hope. Stories that I hope will inspire everyone who reads them.The Girl Who Loved the WinterMost people love the spring; the new life; the new hope; the promise of warm days ahead. Many more people love the summer; the comfort; the warmth; the hot summer days and beautiful, warm summer nights. For those people, autumn is usually a sad time, a melancholy time; of short days, and longer and longer nights. As winter comes, they feel like the year is coming to an end. They feel, in a way, like the year is dying; and I suppose, in some ways, it is. 

But, although for many people winter is a sad time, farmers know that it is necessary for the soil and plants to rest, and the planet itself needs to rest as well. There must always be a balance, all work and no rest is not good for anybody; even for the earth; though if they had a choice, many people would rather not have a winter at all. But not all people feel this way. 

The earth is full of many different kinds of people; some short, some tall; some with colored skins, some white; but almost all of them prefer the spring and summer, to the winter. However, there was once a girl who loved the winter. She loved the cold, fresh air; the clear winter skies, and loved going for walks in the country in the heart of winter...

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