A collection of fantastical short stories

populated by a mythical cast of dragons and more,

from times unknown in the past and the future;

downloaded from the ancient peaks of the Himalayas and brought up in the forests of Auroville in South India;

for our children and children’s children from our ancestors and ancestor’s ancestors.

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limited edition

stamped with dragon paws and dressed in tailored Indian saree

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from the author:

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That was in May 2015, when I had the splendid fortune to tuck myself away in the fairytale abode of the snow.

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I spent most of the following two years learning Sanskrit in the Landour Language School on the tip top of Mussoorie, as the only student of the legendary principal Mr. Chittaranjan Datt.

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Everyday I walked from my paradise of a cottage in Alyndale from one end of Lal Tibba to the school on the other side of the peak, in an innity loop carved out of the mystic Himalayan forest.

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Stories grew out of these punctuated spaces.
Most choose to stay with me in silence,
the remaining words, I am putting them together here.

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~ Loretta, June 2023, Auroville, India