A Frog In Her Pocket
This is a bonus story for the 2016 edition of this anthology. When initially compiling the anthology in 2011, I wanted to include only published stories, because I still cared about traditional publishing. This was one of the first stories I wrote, but despite sending it to a lot of magazines, and getting good replies, it never sold. I think it was simply too cute and touchy-feely for a lot of the genre magazines. I published it under another name for a while, but it really belongs in this anthology, so here it is.
The King spread his hands in a jovial, inebriated gesture. Miranda had only spent half a day with her brand-new father-in-law, but already she recognised that toothy, forced smile as he concluded his speech with the words, "And that is why we are so happy
