Beneath Shivering Skies

A Modern Greek Folktale

by Georgina Jeffery

Beneath Shivering Skies - Georgina Jeffery

Part of the Dark Folklore series:

A dark fairy tale in a modern Greek setting. Hiding in the mountains, a harpy and her adopted daughter struggle to survive.

Iphis has always known that survival comes hand in hand with loneliness, but when she catches feelings for a girl in the nearby town, her heart yearns for a different kind of future. When she's suddenly attacked by a group of enraged harpies, things only become more complicated... and dangerous.

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Published: December 13, 2022
Genres:

Fantasy, Fantasy - Contemporary, Fantasy - Dark Fantasy, Fantasy - Fairy Tale / Folklore, Fantasy - LGBTQ+, Fantasy - Mythic, Fantasy - Paranormal, Fantasy - Romance, Horror, Horror - Fairy Tale/Folklore

Tags:

author - british, format - book, format - kindle, format - novellette <15k, identity - lesbian, what - topic - compassion, what - topic - legend, where - general - mountains, where - general - small town

Tropes: Interspecies Adoption
Word Count: 11500
Setting: Greece
Languages Available: English
Tropes: Interspecies Adoption
Word Count: 11500
Setting: Greece
Languages Available: English

About the Author

Georgina Jeffery is a speculative fiction writer in Shropshire, England. Her stories blend elements of fantasy, humour and horror, and tend to reflect her penchant for mythology and folklore. She writes in frenetic sprints during her daughter’s naptimes, or very late into the night.

Her debut novel The Jack Hansard Series: Season One was released in 2020. Her work can also be found in a variety of anthologies and journals, including The San Cicaro Experience from Thunderbird Studios; Unbreakable Ink from Indomitable Ink; and Copperfield Review Quarterly, a journal of historical fiction.

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