Pu’ukani deeply loves his Luahine and has swum with her for decades, building her clan with many daughters, singing his magic for them all.
But this calving season everything goes wrong, terribly so. Through drama, loss and daring exploration, Pu'ukani finds himself at a cultural crossroads and in a position that breaks all rules.
Can Pu’ukani save his clan? Can a bull even make the right decisions for them?
Read this magical short story about a whale wizard and find out!
Hannah Steenbock is a German writer of Speculative Fiction. She uses both her native German and English as languages for her tales, as she loves English and tends to think in that language when plotting Fantasy.
She prefers stories with satisfying endings and generally refrains from slaying her characters. That's why she likes to call her stories “feel-good fantasy”.
After finishing university with a degree in English and Spanish, Hannah lives and works in Kiel, the northernmost state capital of Germany. Her other pastimes include working as a therapist, strolling along beaches, talking with trees, and devouring as many stories as time allows.
Her book "Sequoia" won two awards in the Turning the Pages Book of the Year Awards, for Best Short Story Book of the Year 2013 and Best Folklore Book of the Year 2013.
Her book "South Breaks" made semi-finalist in SPFBOX (2024).
Read more on her website: www.hannah-steenbock.de
Find her in the Fediverse (Mastodon): @[email protected]