Peddler of words and purveyor of the strange and sometimes slightly disturbing. I enjoy long books, hot tea, and being a nuisance.
Peddler of words and purveyor of the strange and sometimes slightly disturbing. I enjoy long books, hot tea, and being a nuisance.
Cleo knew it was time to leave when the crows arrived. The day it happened had been a glorious one, all powder blue sky and fluffy clouds. She was at the park with the youngest, Annie, who was planted on the swings, giggling “Push me, Cleo, push me!” And she obliged, grinning ear to ear.
It took far too long for her to notice the large bird (innocuous to some, but a clear threat to her) settled o...
“I think I just met the happiest person in the world!” Andy said perkily as she set down her stuff at the cafe table; a heavily gessoed sketchbook rubber banded together, a travel coffee mug decked out in stickers, a Swiss army knife. Yep. Typical Andy.
“Oh really?” Janie said, raising her eyebrow skeptically.
“Yup!” She said, popping the “p”.
“And what pray-tell were they so happy about?”
“I gav...
Jaime’s brother was like a ray of sunshine; positive and radiant. And now he was missing. Vanished like a ghost from the misty streets of the small town they lived in with their little broken family. Tracing back the time, Jaime could pinpoint the exact moment things started to change with her brother. His smile faded. His eyes were constantly glued to the door and his back to the wall. It was Eva...