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Amapola
The daughters of Aceredo had always been peaceful. Finding each other as the years went by, and growing as the crops they soothed in the soil, whispering sweet sonnets to the children of the earth. They bathed in the river, leaving wildflowers in their wake as they wandered the village with smiles for everyone they…
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Northlay Falls – Chapter Three
The next two days were a blur. I counted down the seconds until Wednesday, when Willard and I were scheduled to meet, but as is always the case in Northlay Falls, it was never going to be that simple. The beast returned on Sunday night, while we were sleeping. My mother’s scream woke me early…
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Northlay Falls – Chapter Two
My mother didn’t say a word all day after that ominous mumble. “He dined early this month.” I followed her into the kitchen and watched her as she began washing the breakfast dishes, pouring the porridge she had made for Ray and I in the bin, just carrying on as if her son was just…
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A Woman’s Work
Celia scrubbed at her hands as the sun rose outside the kitchen window. She sighed in the direction of her husband’s urn on the sideboard and shook her head. The morning seemed to intrude earlier every single day, and there was no end to her duties as a single mother. “April!” She called out for…
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Northlay Falls – Chapter One
Nobody comes to Northlay Falls. Nobody leaves Northlay Falls. Nobody looks into the lake. That is just how it is. We are born here. We live here. We die here, of boredom, or natural causes, whichever comes first. Seven generations of my family have wasted away here, and it’s the same for everyone else I…
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Sincerely, Jennifer x 