Tag: fiction

Another Path

Icy rain fell as Romah walked along Temple Street. While crossing the main road, several thoughts beat in time with her heart. The train might delay. What if she had to stand for hours at the station, wet in her wool stockings? It might give her time to lose her resolve. Though the ticket lay in her handbag, Romah saw herself running back to her mother. “Uccellina,” Mrs. Gornan had said, “my little bird is leaving me.” After a two-day journey, Romah would arrive in Vermont. She was to start on the Waterbee Watchman in two weeks, having told the editor that she didn’t need time to settle in. Or to change my mind, she added to herself. Continue reading “Cress in Waterbee, Chapter 2”

Cress in Waterbee is my YA/Historical fiction novel. Cress Steward is a biracial girl who lives in Vermont in the 1880’s. Here is the first half of chapter one: Screaming Asleep Romah held a heavy basket. Filled with bottles of cures, the basket dug into her side as she ran down the street. The town … Continue reading YA Novel — ‘Cress in Waterbee’, Chapter 1, Part 1