A Curse Dark as Gold (edit title)

Shelfari edited the description of A Curse Dark as Gold 2 weeks ago.

• "If you'll allow me to demonstrate, I do think I could be of some help to you here." I smiled tightly. "You'd have to be able to make gold appear from thin air to be much help to us now, I'm afraid." "Gold, you say?" he said quietly. "Well, not out of the air, maybe, but--" He reached toward Rosie and drew a length of straw free from her hat. From out of a pocket in his jacket appeared an old-fashioned handheld drop spindle, the kind no one uses anymore, and he sent it spinning with a turn of his hand. Slowly, as we watched, he drew out the straw and spun it--spun it! (CONT.) As if it were a roving of wool! Rosie and I stood there and watched him, moment by moment, as the spindle bobbed and twirled. Something pulled out from the brown straw and through his knobby fingers, and where it should have gone onto the spindle, the finest strands of gleaming gold threads appeared. Round and round the spindle went, and the gleaming of gold turned with it. I don't know how long we watched it, turning and turning, flashing gold with every revolution. I could not take my eyes away.

Shelfari edited the contributors of A Curse Dark as Gold 2 weeks ago.

• Added a contributor: Elizabeth C. Bunce: (Primary Author)

Timothy Gray edited the awards of A Curse Dark as Gold Monday, October 26 2009.

• Edited an award: William C. Morris Debut Award
• Edited ranking of an award: William C. Morris Debut Award winner

Timothy Gray edited the awards of A Curse Dark as Gold Sunday, October 25 2009.

• Added an award: William C. Morris Award
• Added year of an award: William C. Morris Award 2009

Shelfari edited the description of A Curse Dark as Gold Saturday, August 1 2009.

• "If you'll allow me to demonstrate, I do think I could be of some help to you here." I smiled tightly. "You'd have to be able to make gold appear from thin air to be much help to us now, I'm afraid." "Gold, you say?" he said quietly. "Well, not out of the air, maybe, but--" He reached toward Rosie and drew a length of straw free from her hat. From out of a pocket in his jacket appeared an old-fashioned handheld drop spindle, the kind no one uses anymore, and he sent it spinning with a turn of his hand. Slowly, as we watched, he drew out the straw and spun it--spun it! (CONT.) As if it were a roving of wool! Rosie and I stood there and watched him, moment by moment, as the spindle bobbed and twirled. Something pulled out from the brown straw and through his knobby fingers, and where it should have gone onto the spindle, the finest strands of gleaming gold threads appeared. Round and round the spindle went, and the gleaming of gold turned with it. I don't know how long we watched it, turning and turning, flashing gold with every revolution. I could not take my eyes away.

ALEXithymia edited the first sentence of A Curse Dark as Gold Sunday, July 26 2009.

• When my father died, I thought the world would come to an end.

Shelfari edited the contributors of A Curse Dark as Gold Wednesday, July 22 2009.

• Added a contributor: Elizabeth C. Bunce: (Primary Author)