This is another reworked bit from a short story I’m converting into a novel, inserting Holly Jahangiri (the fictional one) and some Living Books. Living Books, in case you haven’t been following this series of stories, are people (in this case, people of the planet…

Julie’s Story A Day prompt today was “Start with a bang.” This is also Sunday, and Sundays in May are Holly Jahangiri days. So since last week five Living Books had run off to be pirates…. Oh, also, happy Mother’s Day. Holly Finds the Books…

Lost At Sea by Marian Allen It was noon. It was always noon. And never any wind. Captain Jed Kellem stood rigidly at the helm, willing a freshness that never came. The Dancing Noose stayed, ever becalmed, on the glassy sea beneath a blazing sun…