The Honeydrop Tree: a novelette
Matthew S. Rosin
- The
- lost
- community
- of
- Apistown
- trades
- honey
- with
- the
- outside
- world
- to
- survive.
- But
- its
- children
- do
- not
- know
- where
- the
- honored
- honey
- comes
- from—nor
- about
- the
- guilt
- the
- town
- must
- bear.One
- night,
- Amelia,
- Isaac,
- and
- Cassie
- dream
- of
- a
- great
- tree.
- Honey
- seeps
- through
- the
- tree’s
- fruit
- and
- falls
- to
- waiting
- vessels
- below.Could
- this
- be
- Apistown’s
- lifeblood?
- Is
- such
- a
- tree
- possible?The
- three
- friends
- set
- out
- to
- learn
- the
- truth.
- And
- their
- parents,
- guided
- by
- three
- mysterious
- matrons,
- must
- choose:
- protect
- their
- children
- or
- keep
- faith
- with
- the
- community.The
- truth
- will
- transform
- them all.
