The backseat was cold. Rhoswen sat up. “Where is this?” The Jeep wobbled, the way it drove. The way Rilla always drove. The engine rumble buried deep down inside her belly. “Salt flats....

“Momy? It’s true that Roger’s going a-prison?” my little brother Charlie blurted out from the top of his baby chair, looking at his mother with huge, blue eyes.  “Is it.” My mom, Lena,...

Bathed in moonlight, the forest glowed with foxfire.  Bright neon green licked up rattling, rustling leaves, clawed over twisted tree trunks, and burned through the night, searing everything it touched....

When they first began? When things like this first began? Around campfires they have born And ancient Greek and Roman philosophers, in toga, and Indian sages on river rocks They didn’t stop even...

Echo Gray               Fresh water and cool black rock.               Echo waded into the shallows, the still water. Crisp and clear. The chill felt familiar, like a spring breeze...

The wind is not my friend she once whispered that she'd always have my back always be there to catch me if i fall but her lies are like a lemon on a sunny day sweet until they turn sour I...

Sweet mountain air where thunderclaps clap their hands shake to make the wind blow and tumble down wildflower paths Rich, deep plum among - a sea - of shimmering glimmering grass secretly strewn...

Heartbeats rushing, manes tangled together, flying down the beach. Skye clung to her horse, arms thrown around his neck, legs hanging over his broad sides. Her heart knocked against his withers, and...

  Windows open                                                                                                       soft...

Seeing Caroline smile was like seeing an eclipse; beautiful, but rare. The eighteen-year-old had known nothing but tragedy through her preteen and teen years. There was no reason to believe her luck would...