* RUNNER UP * @ScienceFiction Contest 15 - The Old Magic of Yule - Oil stocks are almost out. Sea levels are rising further. Preparations for this Winter Solstice are more thorough than they have ever been before. Old ways and new conspire to preserve life on the island as winter darkness gives way to the sun rising at the feast of Yule in the year 2200 and the Mother of the Island works her magic. #SciFriday Contest 15 - a very short story.