Kathleen Mawhinney

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“Corax and the Hatter” by Kathleen Mawhinney

⭐️ Shortlisted for Contest #41

I settle on the curve of a telephone wire and ruffle my feathers, for the benefit of the humans below. Of course mortals these days have little reverence for creatures they don’t understand; I’ve heard them joke about popping me with an air rifle just to watch the feathers fly. There was a time, a thousand thousand years ago, when they had more respect for those who came with messages from the gods. But that’s no reason to deprive them of the glorious flash of my jet-black wings against the bloody sunset.  A harried-looking woman hurrie...

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Contest #41
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