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HUMMINGBIRD — Reading — Free Online
Want to hear the beginning of HUMMINGBIRD: A Star Touch Story? You can find it and many other events at the Write Women’s Book Fest. Here is the direct line to the HUMMINGBIRD reading. Purchase a copy of HUMMINGBIRD: A … Continue reading
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Tagged #bookfest, #bookfest #marylandevent #princegeorgescounty #bookish #bookfair #writewomenpub, #marylandevent, #princegeorgescounty, A. L. Kaplan, Author event, books, festival, freedom, Hummingbird: A Star Touched Story, reading, Star Touched, The Write Women Book Fest, Wolf Dawn, YA, young adult
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FLOWERS
Tears stained her face as she slipped from the car. A loud snore made her jump and cringe. Last night’s beating marred her face. He never let her stop here, the one place that made her happy. If he woke….She … Continue reading
Posted in Short Story
Tagged abuse, control, denial, dispair, drunk, escape, Fantasy, flowers, flowers for her, freedom, ghost, justice, magic, murder, peace, spirit, violence, yellow faces, yellow flowers
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Freedom’s Globe
Ramone shivered, his head pressed against the glass. Every limb felt numb, as if they belonged to someone else. Candlelight flickered in the distance, illuminating familiar stone walls. He knew this place, had been there often. How many times had … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, dare, freedom, magic, shame, snow globe, wizard
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Freedom Jump
“Quae me domum ad locum regione viarum.” Ramone spoke the words of the spell as he ran, praying that the improvised components he had collected would work. Powdered rat liver just wasn’t the same as that from a hippogriff. Same … Continue reading
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Tagged escape, freedom, Freedom jump, hounds, incantation, island prison, magic, portal, prison, rat liver, spell components, true freedom
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Greener Pastures
Swallows flitted across the meadow on the far side of the fence. Henrietta leaned her head on the barrier and watched them soar. It was so much greener over there. Of course everything else looks greener when you’re stuck in … Continue reading
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Tagged aliens, animals, cow, cows, freedom, nature, prison, prison camp, slaughterhouse, slave labor
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