The most wonderful things, the most terrible things, the most powerful things, the most vulnerable things — all begin small and grow. Or they might begin big and grow smaller, which is a very funny thing to say, when you think about it!

The Holly stories take place on Llannonn, the world I invented for my science fiction comic crime novel, FORCE OF HABIT. Pel Darzin is a character in that novel, although Holly didn’t come along until later.

This is also the fulfillment of the Quills and Quibbles writing group’s writing exercise for this month.

I used Grammarly to grammar check this post, because I ain’t near as smart as I think I am.