— Molly TanzerSeveral stars were already shining sharply in the moonless sky, and as azure twilight darkened to ultramarine night, their fainter, silver-white cousins also winked awake. Starlight shimmered over black, snow-crusted pine branches and pale aspen boughs as a gust of wind shook the forest.
Replicated under Fair Use from Vermilion: The Adventures of Lou Merriwether, Psychopomp by Molly Tanzer.