How Antlers Learned Starlight — Between us, Arden had not meant to change winter; he only wanted a hollow in the wind where his hooves fit the snow without question. Read the full story →
Between us, Arden had not meant to change winter; he only wanted a hollow in the wind where his hooves fit the snow without question. On the aurora flats, where ice hissed like silk, he met a fallen star snagged in a drift, sharp with gold and smelling faintly of smoke. He lowered his antlers, not as a crown but as a cradle, and the star settled there as if it had known the shape all along. Ever since, reindeer antlers have kept a little starlight: proof that belonging can arrive unexpectedly, and fit exactly in the hollow of the wind.