Principal Swank leaned back, his rolling chair squeaking beneath him, and placed his fingers behind his head as if he intended to take a nap “We don’t tolerate bullying here, Brandon” Brandon shifted in his...
The path along the riverbank was muddy from a morning rainstorm Jillian trudged the half-mile walk to Grandfather’s house, past the farmlands, the old rancher’s grain silo, and the tattered wood fencing that needed...
Frogs croaked in a rhythm as if timed to a metronome, and fireflies flickered in the rushes On the deck, a glass of wine in hand, Carey watched the darkening sky and rising crescent moon Then she turned to the glow of...
One night Helen left the window ajar to let in the late September breeze She had chosen this little yellow stucco house by the sea because it was quaint and old and had a stately charm But that night she became...
The drifters came upon the dusty Oklahoma town off Route 66 on a gray October afternoon They were hungry and tired, and were just barely managing to put one foot in front of the other Jed hoped to find work so they...
