Suck of Clay, Whir of Wheel by Pat Esden    Originally Published in Challenging Destiny, 2006   Genre: Historical Fiction   Length: 40 pages.

As a child Meg is indentured to a pottery in Burslem England. By twenty-one, she has managed to save enough coin to escape to America and purchase a small potworks on the Canadian border. All Meg wants is to be left alone with the whir of her potter’s wheel and the feel of clay between her hands . . . but that’s until a handsome gypsy disturbs her peace. Can she trust him or is he out to take what little she has left? Or is there something else she should be afraid of?

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