{"product_id":"sign-of-the-black-horse-other-stories-paperback","title":"Sign of the Black Horse \u0026 Other Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJill Vogel Svoboda\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSIGN OF THE BLACK HORSE is a collection of 22 tales, stories from the misty past to the dazzling future. A few of the stories ... The Heir of Dun Eistean: Clan wars in the Scottish Highlands tear a young warrior away from his mysterious bride. When at last he returns home, she has disappeared, leaving him with twin children to raise and a mandate to restore the Moireasdan clan to its former greatness. The Water Horse: High in the Tennessee mountain wilderness, Ellie MacRae encounters a kelpie-an elvish creature who can change from man to horse and back again. Lynx on a Chain: Two young men backpack into the Big Horn Mountains in search of trout. The pair meet catastrophe attempting to ford a river running high and deep with meltwater rushing down from the peaks. Will they emerge with their lives or perish in the heartless wilderness? Potter's Field: Dalia Lindstrom has fallen in love with her ailing mentor and seeks to make his perfect art her own, breaking the promise she has made to the dying man. But there's a high price to pay for betrayal. The Wedding at Tommy Knocker's Cavern Tavern: Goblins, trolls, gnomes, knockers, and kobolds coexist with mankind in the most unlikely places-under the hills of western Wisconsin, for instance. Here a convivial evening in a cavern tavern threatens to morph into a battle for the hand of a lovely goblin-until a fire-breathing, gem-hoarding dragon enters the fray. Sparrow on Whole Wheat: A lonely old woman with a taste for cheap vodka, Fern faces off with a cat and his owners over a fresh-killed sparrow. Can a pot of homemade chili and the promise of more vodka distract Fern from her mission? Esperanza's Sorrow: A widowed seamstress, grieving the death of her wayward child at the hands of a Chicago gang, stitches a quilt from scraps of her daughter's clothes and discovers that a machine can respond to human emotions. The Rolling Crones: Sitting around and knitting just ain't their thing, and so a pair of enterprising old broads decide to turn their RV into a rolling bordello. Everything is going just great until things started to go bad. You'll need to read the story to find out how the ladies fare. Be prepared to meet a gang of horny old bikers, wildlife agents, and a passel of alligators. Could things get worse? Yes, of course they can! What people are saying about Jill Vogel Svoboda: \"Svoboda is truly a WONDERFUL writer. I find laughs and tears in all her stories.\" Robert Feher. \"BEAUTIFUL portrayals and story lines. Reminds me of Ursula LeGuin.\" Kimberly Hines. \"ENCHANTING! I love the mystical elements.\" Ida Sorci.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJill Svoboda has enjoyed a long career as a writer and editor in Chicago as well as a professor of literature at Northeastern Illinois University. Her fiction first appeared in a Chicago-based magazine, A Great Read, which published her novella, \"The Lily and the Rose.\" She has won awards for her fiction in various writers' competitions, including the annual Writer's Digest writing competitions. She is passionately fascinated by things seen and things not seen, by what might be and what might have been, and her stories reflect this fasci-nation. She is currently at work on a sword-and-sorcery fantasy series titled The Powers of Surt. The first book in the series, Hostages to Fate, will be published in 2017. Svoboda resides next to the mysterious Withlacoochee State Forest in north central Florida together with her husband, Al Svoboda, who is a poet and a sculptor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 266\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 7.99 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 25, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53300992606515,"sku":"9781575500546","price":20.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/UMj-_zzP6Z9781575500546.webp?v=1777501337","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/sign-of-the-black-horse-other-stories-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}