Hunger
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A short story of 4k words
When he first saw the starving foreign child, he was five years old; the next time he saw her, he was six—and she was a ghost. A ghost who came at the start of every Christmas, lingering for twelve days before she once again left him in peace.
Why did she choose to haunt him? And what, in the end, must he do to give the the peace they both deserve?
Michelle Sagara
New York Times bestselling author Michelle Sagara writes as both Michelle Sagara and Michelle West; she is also published as Michelle Sagara West. She lives in Toronto with her long-suffering husband and her two children, and to her regret has no dogs. She can be found @msagara on Twitter or http://msagarawest.wordpress.com
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Hunger - Michelle Sagara
Hunger
by Michelle Sagara
Rosdan Press, 2011
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
SMASHWORDS EDITION: 978-1-927094-22-8
Copyright 2011 by Michelle Sagara
All rights reserved
Cover design by Anneli West, Four Corners Communication
ghost: photoshop brush by obsidiandawn.com
Hunger
Copyright 1993 by Michelle Sagara. First appeared in Christmas Ghosts, ed. Mike Resnick and Martin H. Greenberg.
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Novels by Michelle Sagara
The Book of the Sundered
Into the Dark Lands
Children of the Blood
Lady of Mercy
Chains of Darkness, Chains of Light
Chronicles of Elantra
Cast in Shadow
Cast in Courtlight
Cast in Secret
Cast in Fury
Cast in Silence
Cast in Chaos
Cast in Ruin
Cast in Peril
The Queen of the Dead
Silence*
Touch**
Grave**
*Forthcoming in 2012
**Forthcoming
Table of Contents
Introduction
Hunger
Other Stories by the Author
Introduction
This story owes a large debt to one of my oldest friends. I personally love Christmas, even though it’s mired in commercialism and its own specific type of family angst. My earliest memories of the season are of my mother helping