Interesting beginning. I like the arctic explorer meme used in conjunction with the magical reality genre. Would be interested to see where this was heading.

FYI , it’s “reins,” not “reigns.”

Whoops. Typo. Thanks for pointing it out.

Excellent and wintry! Whistbone is a great name.

Oh, hey: frightenend

frightened?

I agree with Nick, magick + arctic = awesome.

I loved this ficlet – one of the first I read when I stumbled upon ficlets over a year ago.