Excerpt from Scapegoat by Susan J. Kroupa

A haunting retelling of a rainmaker
myth, Scapegoat is set in the barren mesas of northern Arizona, after
a brutal war has destroyed modern civilization. The story originally appeared
in Realms of Fantasy. (Oct 1996).









Scapegoat



(Excerpt)



The night Nuva was born was like too
many other nights that autumn. The wind raged across the land shrieking like a
spirit come face to face