Grandma warned us of faerie rings and being banished from home for life.

Yet she always left out cups of milk for pixies. They repaid favors.

Thought they were stories until I saw the milk caps circling her grave. Guess the pixies repaid her. In death, she could return home.

Alethea Paul is primarily a speculative flash fiction writer who dabbles (and drabbles) in literary. Her work has appeared in Factor Four Magazine, ScribesMICRO, Adventitious and Brilliant Flash Fiction.