A Right Pretty Mate

Lisa L. Hannett

A Right Pretty Mate

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Abstract

Fallon's palms weren't yest callused. His fingers were sea-softened and he fancied they were gently webbed; better shaped for paddling than climbing. Each nail was blunt as a seal's nose, not sharp like Mither's, despite her relentless nipping and filing and grooming, her daily tugging at his little digits, at his disappointing limbs. Wings flapping, she yanked one arm, then the other, while he clung to the foot of their feather bed, or theporch rail, or the stool by the cottage hearth. She pulled while he resisted - not the
idea of growth, mind, but the ache in his joints as she tried to stretch him, the clear futility of it all.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Dreaming in the Dark
Editors	Jack Dann
Place of Publication	Hornsea, United Kingdom
Publisher	PS Publishing
Pages	95-109
Number of pages	15
Edition	First
ISBN (Print)	978-1-848639-68-3, 978-1-786360-17-5
Publication status	Published - 2016

Keywords

Fantasy literature
Creative writing
Australian literature

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