Daughter of the Bear King — Eleanor Arnason

WASH-DAY MIRACLE...

On Monday morning Esperance was doing her wash in Minneapolis.

That night she was naked, wading in blood, battling a slimy-feathered monster in a bone-cold palace corridor. And enjoying it.

By Tuesday Esperance was back in Minneapolis, but not like before. Things had changed. Her husband and children barely knew her. She had a newly acquired taste for grubs ... and blood.

And on familiar city streets, strange creatures lurked between the cars...