This little short is taken from my book 'The Curious Little Book of Extraordinary Big Tales', available to download from Amazon (search The Curious Little Book of Extraordinary Big Tales Richard Hennerley).
It tells the story of a lonely and unloved girl, growing up in the shadow of her more beautiful and more adored sister...until one day it begins to snow...
A horrible secret is revealed when a fairy's 'gift' shows the Perfect Parents to be anything but perfect..
A man of pure intention realizes that only Love has true value, the rest ain't worth a damn..
A unique horror is released upon humanity after the Devil has a bright idea..
An awkward, shy teenage boy suddenly sprouts a pair of Angel's wings..
A beautiful, compassionate, campaigning Princess becomes beloved of the people and meets a tragic, and suspicious, end..
A dignified and proud old lady, haunted by the deafening silence of her life, embarks upon a final journey, and gives her Soul to the wind..
Did you know that a Fairy lives for exactly 897 years and 13 days, that they kidnap human children because they can't have their own and when they cry, their tears turn into diamonds? Did you know that real Trolls have horns, can run as fast as cheetahs and have a deep and abiding hatred of Bankers?
Did you know that as you read this the Blind Old Weaver Of Fate is Clumsily Spinning Together the course of your life? Did you know that you began your existence as a random handful of atoms, coalescing together after journeying across the vastness of the Universe and when God saw you he was so moved by your beauty that he tore a piece off himself and placed it inside you?
Did you know that where ever you walk, the Devil and his Special Children walk with you and that one day your Soul will Break The Chains Of Earthly Existence to make one last, Incandescent Journey across a Broad, Bright Blue Sky and the Tale That Was Your Life will slowly fade away, to be lost forever in the dense Fog Of Forgotten Stories?