The Little Things — Bridget McKenna

They came in twos and threes and half-dozens, flying above the main street of town on some unknown and unimaginable errand, perhaps twice the size of large butterflies, with pale slender bodies, and dragonfly wings sparkling in the sun.

The children noticed them first, and followed them down the street, looking up in wonder.

“Fairies!” they shouted to their parents inside the cozy houses. “Fairies!” they shrieked to one another in high voices. “Fairies!”

In Morgan's Glen, everything was about to change.

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"The Little Things" was originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction in 1993. The Ravenscourt Press edition features an afterword by the author: "It's the Little Things."