"Why's your hair short?" I asked. "Daddy cut it." she mumbled "Why's your hair short?" I asked. "Daddy cut it." she mumbled

Her magic came fast responding to Hanna’s call like a guard on duty, and soon it was the pale pink g... Her magic came fast responding to Hanna’s call like a guard on duty, and soon it...

She woke up to the glare of a flashlight shining in her face and a hand clamped over her mouth. She woke up to the glare of a flashlight shining in her face and a hand clamped ...

A voice boomed, the thunderous ringing a crucifying reminder of whistling sirens. A voice boomed, the thunderous ringing a crucifying reminder of whistling sirens...

She counted the heads, shaped like equally broken eggs, they were five. She counted the heads, shaped like equally broken eggs, they were five.

The birch tree towered across the undulating plains as I counted the seconds to dusk. The birch tree towered across the undulating plains as I counted the seconds to ...

Months of begging and pleading had her mother yield and consent to her buying a snake, and six year ... Months of begging and pleading had her mother yield and consent to her buying a ...

It seemed as if I had re-entered my college preparation days, but I preened in it then.. It seemed as if I had re-entered my college preparation days, but I preened in ...

I had burger for the first time today, a strange feeling in my chest kept me wary the entire time. L... I had burger for the first time today, a strange feeling in my chest kept me war...

I haul the last carton into the truck and heave a sigh. I haul the last carton into the truck and heave a sigh.