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Aince
A woman leaves her poor starving village to seek help for her people. She travels to foreign lands and the people there promise her aid. But when she returns, her home has changed in her absence. Harry Josephine Giles frames this dark fairy tale about culture and power in rich lyrical Orkney Scots.
Aince thir wis a wifie fae a peedie piece. Her haem wis right bonnie an her fock wis right fine, ach, but puir an wearit an fantan forby. The crops wisno coman at the wey they did afore, the loch wis giean aff a aafil uncan reek, an thir wisno a wheeshie o birds i’ the widd. That wey, the wifie mad ap her mind tae gang awa tae airt oot answers an aid. Sheu teuk tae the lang brakken rodd wi jeust the claes on her back, the geud heid on her shodders, an the peedie bit hopp in her hairt.