Certificate 15

Ages 15 and up

The Kept Ledger (2)

The first page. Dated. A name. A specific grievance. Written in a hand that was not hers but moved the same way. 4/7/83 — Dr. Rowe. Said it was God's...

The Kept Ledger (1)

The couple was going to fight over the quilt. Gayle saw it the minute they walked in—the woman holding her auction paddle like a hymnal, the man...

The Light 1

All around her was darkness. She was naked. That's all she knew, but that was darkness too. She knew that she had legs and that she could move, but...

Picture Imperfect

Sometimes, a call can be heard. A call to return, to try again. Sometimes, it should be allowed to echo. A fateful encounter, long ago, caught in a...

Wrong Number

‘Ode to Joy’ sounding out and filling the space of her apartment. Raising her eyes to the heavens she dropped the mixing bowl and rushed to find the...

Revulsion in the Seventeenth Century

Oh by Gad, the smell of juice! I see it's you, with face of puce. The food was bad, I'm sick and loose! I blame the cook, and a rotten goose. Well,...
Gold cherry

Prophesy: The Immortal Witch (9)

Part 8 at: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/prophesy-immortal-witch-8 With the revelation, a chill ran through them. This was BIG. Thoughts...
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Cherry

Price Less

In the Roman tradition, land was measured by the iugerum - the amount one yoke of oxen could plow in a day. The measurement contained the animal. The...

The Sweetest Thing

There is a cup I keep filling. Each morning I fill it. Each morning it is empty and warm. I have learned to love the weight leaving my hands...