#FamilyLegacy Short-Story Chapter 4

I see the hill that starts Highway 13, through the middle of town. I’m less than a mile from home, a feeling of relief passes through my entire body as I flip my turn signal to the right and gently tap the break for my turn. I don’t see the car that rams into me

#FamilyLegacy Short-Story Chapter 3

Jack pauses to cough into a handkerchief. “It might sound cliché, but the weather wasn’t that good that night either. Dark clouds covered the stars, thunder rolled, the lightning crackled but rain hadn’t come yet. It didn’t drop until after the car fire got going really well.” He zones out, not seeing me. So far

#FamilyLegacy Short-Story Chapter 2

We sit in perfect silence for a bit. The judgy brunette from earlier, dragged her husband back down the aisle and left. I guess their family time requirement is done for the year. The late summer air breezes around us, setting off a light shiver through my body. “I hope you’re warm enough Mom, it’s

#FamilyLegacy Short-Story Chapter 1

I trap my daughter’s hair under a worn-out handkerchief. I will fix the small Afro when I get back, I think I’ll try cornrows this time. “Shayla, please try not to scratch for mommy.” I sigh, she vigorously rubs her arms instead. I have to clip her nails too. I don’t want her to get

The Loss of a Great Grandfather (A Short Story)

Those damn bagpipes haunt my dreams, every single night. While the horned version is heard throughout the town every afternoon at seventeen hundred hours. That tune signals the end of the day and that the fallen have returned home. It has to be the saddest song in the world, in the history of music. A

#FindingFamily Chapter IV

Carefully I skip down the stairs to the restaurant, admittedly giddy and loving the feel of the long wool coat flapping on the back of my legs. Worry crosses my face when I see just how fancy the place was and how under dressed I am in an old black mini skirt, stiletto heels and

#BookReview: Lass of the Ley Lines by Kate Screen 4\5 Stars

Overview: Millie Canvers just quit her job, squatting in an abandoned house and gave her last bit of food to a girl worse off than she is. The only thing she has going for her is a strange pull to an old castle and the original family’s ancestors wanting to help her. An old man

Memories

Everything we do or see in life either creates a memory or reminds us of past. Scents, sights and songs can trigger happy moments with loved ones and bad times between friends. What is your happiest memory? Or your saddest? I bet there is something that would trigger that memory. Juicyfruit gum and pipe tobacco

#BookReview: Spearwood academy Volume 5 by A.S. Oren 5/5 Stars

Overview: Feeling the need to save her friends and family, Avalon transports everyone to the farm she grew up on. Here we learn how the twins become hybrids, and why their half brother wants them dead. After making sure her friends and family are safe, Avalon’s mother tells her not to use her angel powers

#BookReview: Spearwood Academy Volume 4 by A.S. Oren 5/5 Stars

Overview: We finally meet Avalon and Amr’s parents. We learn through scattered memories that she was not abandoned by her parents as a baby, nor was she completely ignorant of her world like we thought when she first went off to school. We find a new love interest, and a traitor in the midst. At