The Bone Lantern — Angela Slatter

When a strange creature approaches Selke's campfire, intent on filling its stomach with who knows what (or whom), Selke disarms it with her own meal and the promise of stories, eager to prolong her life while she searches for salvation.There follows the tale of Gwynn, a young witch determined to survive the prince's court and avoid the fate of his many wives; the story of a dital harp, imbued with the magic of its maker to aid in her quest for revenge, and lastly, the tale of Selke's search for the bone lantern, and through it her salvation…