One Step at a Time

“Fred needs a new captain. Asking $12,000. Reply with offer, intentions and sailing resume,” read the classified ad in the…

Up & Up

Ding. Mira looked at her phone to read the text from “Unknown Caller.” “Hey Babe,” it read, with the emoji…

Morgan was tall, dark, handsome and oozed testosterone. He took charge: ordered her meals when they went out, choose her…

Angie looked over the guardrail to the swirling water of the Pacific Ocean. It wasn’t the contemplative stroll she had…

The forest was off limits to the village children. The reasons ranged from “You could get lost,” to “A creature…

Sirona’s artwork had developed from illustrations for her mother’s herbalist books to portraitures in exchange for food or household items.…

My world had turned upside down in a matter of days. I had thought I was the daughter of a…

“Sirona! Time for supper!” Rafaela called. “Look what I picked for you, Mama!” the young girl sang as she came…

“Sirona, you’ve healed my heart more than any herb. I love you so much.” Rafaela gazed into the onyx eyes…

“You come from a long bloodline of healers,” Altha began. “The books you studied were written by your great-grandmother, Rafaela.…