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Saviour
Sometimes the strangest friends can be found in the strangest places.
For Yuki, the cave is a sanctuary. It's somewhere she can shelter from the deadly heat of the sun until winter comes. If she can survive that long.
When a young girl, Alice, finds her, Yuki is drawn into a friendship she hadn't realised she needed. But how long before the prejudices of the outside world encroach on their friendship?
And can Yuki survive when they do?
For Yuki, the cave is a sanctuary. It's somewhere she can shelter from the deadly heat of the sun until winter comes. If she can survive that long.
When a young girl, Alice, finds her, Yuki is drawn into a friendship she hadn't realised she needed. But how long before the prejudices of the outside world encroach on their friendship?
And can Yuki survive when they do?
19 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 5, 2014
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About the author
Philip Harris
34 books57 followersPhilip Harris is a speculative fiction author and video game developer. Originally born near Oxford, England, he now lives on the West Coast of Canada where he spends his days developing video games and his nights writing speculative fiction - anything from horror to science fiction to fantasy.
His first publication, Letter From a Victim, appeared in the award winning magazine, Peeping Tom, in 1995. Since then he has been published in numerous magazines and anthologies including Garbled Transmissions, So Long, and Thanks for All The Brains and James Ward Kirk's Best of Horror 2013.
He has also worked as security for Darth Vader.
His science fiction novel, Glitch Mitchell and the Unseen Planet is a homage to the old Buster Crabbe Flash Gordon serials has just been released.
You can find free fiction and his blog at his website.
His first publication, Letter From a Victim, appeared in the award winning magazine, Peeping Tom, in 1995. Since then he has been published in numerous magazines and anthologies including Garbled Transmissions, So Long, and Thanks for All The Brains and James Ward Kirk's Best of Horror 2013.
He has also worked as security for Darth Vader.
His science fiction novel, Glitch Mitchell and the Unseen Planet is a homage to the old Buster Crabbe Flash Gordon serials has just been released.
You can find free fiction and his blog at his website.
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December 16, 2016
The opening held my attention even though it was slow and had me trying to figure out things. There seemed to be subtle hints about the main character Yuki, and what she may have been, but I like that it was never spoken which made her so much more mysterious.
July 21, 2015
Dark & sad tale of a lone 'creature' and a trusting/ unspoiled girl, against the horrible nature of mankind!
Well worth the read!
Well worth the read!
September 17, 2017
Not as good as two other short stories of his I've read but still intriguing. Harris is a very good story teller.
June 8, 2016
I love the way that PH unfolds the story. You don't know what has happened or caused the things that have already occurred prior to the story but as you move along the story is built, foundation, walls, roof, one word/page at a time. An ageless tale of people being afraid of what they do not understand, selfishness, caring, love. I look forward to more from PH!
February 7, 2015
strange but great short story
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