LittlePringleGirl

Open Novella Contest 2023 (prompt 11)To the plain and practical spirits of Derpham, novelty is grounds for suspicion and frippery, offence. So, when a milliner's moves to town, the residents watch the illusive proprietor behind curtains, for what use could the good spirits of Derpham have with such fine things? And who could afford them?To little Luna Pavski however, the Milliner is an uncompromising anomaly in her dreary town. But as the Milliner begins to make gifts of their craftsmanship, Luna notices changes in her once predictable neighbours.Cover credit to my beloved sister, insta @jpringleart…

LittlePringleGirl

Since the reign of her grandfather, the Aertisians have been at war with the United Clans of the Cluvani. But when her father's prophecy declares that the Jaquelle of Aertisia will bear the heir to the Cluvani throne, her destiny is transformed.Years later, negotiations of peace are concluded, and the Jaquelle must travel across the continent to meet her betrothed, the Jhak of the Cluvani for the first time. Cultural and linguistic tensions run high as the jaquelle attempts to negotiate her own peace with her Cluvani escort. A plot to reignite the war ambushes the jaquelle's caravan, and she must rely on her betrothed's crass and irreverent cousin, Lord O'rian du Ibhere, to make it to Fort Khadi alive.And despite the mistress's reappearance, a sabotaged wedding gown, and a dead body falling at her feet, the Jaquelle of Aertisia still drags herself to the altar.…