“Feathers” is the feature story at Metro Fiction

Great day today – finished editing a story I’ve been writing for the past year – well, I wrote the beginning over a year ago but the ending only last month. And daylight saving is starting, which suits me well, since I’ve been waking up at dawn for the past few weeks already.

Best of all, my story, Feathers, is published today at Metro Fiction. It’s a sweet, light contemporary fantasy, and will be their feature story for the next two weeks. I hope everyone enjoys it.

Today was the last day of the school holidays, and the butcher birds were out because it’s spring. They terrorised my eight-year-old son every time he went into the backyard. I watched from the kitchen while he slid one of our glass family room doors open. Within one second, a black and white missile swooped at his head. Clack! He ducked, and ran back in, slamming the door behind him. I thought the bird hit him, but thankfully he was fine. The bird always snaps its beak for effect when it’s about an inch from his ear. Not the kind of feathered creature in my story!