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Cover art for On Thin Ice, by Emily Larkins. An icy pond with a backdrop of trees.

On Thin Ice

HISTORICAL FICTION
Short Story - 7500 words
Release date: 25 March 2018
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Synopsis:
​It is winter in the late 1800s in Central Otago, New Zealand. There is a gold rush on and thousands of people have gathered in the harsh environment in search of gold, either from the land or from those that work it.
At seventeen, pretty but naive Elsie Hayes, the daughter of a prosperous merchant, is on a mission: she wishes to marry a young man of a lower station, and she knows her father will disapprove. She makes a strong case and asks her father's permission, but is ultimately unhappy with his answer.
Courting disaster, both social and literal, she risks her reputation to meet her beau at the edge of the skating pond determined to get what she wants. Little does she know her father's instincts about the young man are only the tip of the iceberg.
What unfolds will teach Elsie a harsh lesson and her fate will change forever.
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  • HOME
  • ABOUT
    • About the Author
    • News
  • STORIES
    • All Books and Stories
    • Flash Fiction Fridays
    • Anthology: Flash Fiction Fridays Project
    • Victory Island
    • The Weight of Expectation
    • On Thin Ice
    • Late
    • Thirty-Four
    • Into the Mist
    • Burning the Cow
    • The Sirens Series
  • RESOURCES
  • One Writer's Life Blog
  • CONTACT