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The Wind is High – Chapter 21
<- Chapter 20 Chapter 22 -> Vaughn bent at the waist, his fat belly nearly rubbing against the white stone altar. “It is a fine piece of steel. Why would you give it up for twelve goats?” “It’s worth at least a hundred and you know it,” Riley spoke loud enough for everyone to hear. …
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The Wind is High – Chapter 20
<- Chapter 19 Chapter 21 -> Cora had tried to say it had been an accident. Lissie had said nothing. That was worse. But Alexander’s voice was the worst of all. Before that night, it seemed like he sang every word. She kicked Sugarsnap into a canter. She didn’t look back. The road was very…
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The Wind is High – Chapter 19
<- Chapter 18 Chapter 20 -> Riley put one foot in front of the other. The reins were limp in her hands. Sugarsnap nuzzled her. Riley flinched. “Riley, did you hear me?” It was Cora’s voice. “What was that?” Riley mumbled. “I said, do you want to stop here for lunch?” Cora sounded concerned. They…
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The Wind is High – Chapter 18
<- Chapter 17 Chapter 19 -> The man slapped his knee, “You’re General Ziggy’s boy?” Montegue’s eyes searched him up and down. “Your ma must have been a twig.” “Will you make me a sword, then?” Gavin’s chest beat to the sound of the hammers. “Well, it’s complicated. Back orders. Materials.” The man rolled his…
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The Wind is High – Chapter 17
<- Chapter 16 Chapter 18 -> Riley swung in an upward arc. She felt her blade score the boy. The skin of his trousers tore, then his skinny gut and chest. A red line welled from his right shoulder to his left hip. He screamed. “First blood,” Riley said automatically, as though she was on…
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The Wind is High – Chapter 16
<- Chapter 15 Chapter 17 -> Gavin wanted to go home. He was sick of this city, and sick of L’Marc. He was mad at the driver. They had been all over, looking for this place, up and down the streets of Kalden. The driver was a fat and lazy man. Gavin hated him and…
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Gravend – Learn to Live Again
I keep having this pervasive thought. The idea of explaining the imagery in Gravend haunts me. I have always come to the canvas with the intention of creating scary images. However, the nature of the world that I am drawing is becoming clear. Gravend takes place in a world where edges do not sharpen. Light…
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The Wind is High – Chapter 15
<- Chapter 14 Chapter 16 -> Riley’s heart was hammering as she watched the boys disperse into the forest. She kept searching for eyes as they walked the short distance to the camp in terse silence. Arriving at the clearing, she said, “Some of those boys from the lumberjack group followed us back here.” Lissie…
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The Wind is High – Chapter 14
<- Chapter 13 Chapter 15 -> A mountain of a man emerged from between the trees. He wore no shirt, yet hardly an inch of skin was visible. He was covered with curly black hair like Riley had never seen. His beard reached to his belly, though who could tell. In his right hand he…
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The Wind is High – Chapter 13
<- Chapter 12 Chapter 14 -> Every speck of lint on Gavin’s travel clothes beckoned. Each visible thread was a tear in his mind. The smattering of dust on his cloak made his skin crawl. He could taste vomit at the back of his throat and his tongue worried the cracked tooth. The glass counters…