Skeins of Gold

Caught between her father's lie and the king's greed, the miller's daughter faces an impossible task: spinning straw into gold. An imp accepts her paltry trade to save her life, but what are his motives? What's a poor peasant woman to do? Narrated from the perspective of the miller's daughter, this retelling of the ancient fairy tale of Rumpelstiltskin addresses some questions left unanswered by traditional versions.