The Morning House By Kate Heartfield   “This B&B is frankly unacceptable,” Dad says. “I want to go home.” Sylvia freezes, runs through all the things she shouldn’t say. You are home, Dad. No, don’t argue. Never argue. Rule number one. Don’t dismiss. Get into his world, because he can’t get into yours. Don’t you […]

Between The Island and the Deep Blue Sea By Jaxon Tempest   No one knew how the island floated, but everyone knew it shouldn’t. Four thousand square miles of concrete bones and metal veins, a million people circulating daily, and yet it sat in the middle of the Atlantic like a feather on a still […]

Beck’s Pest Control and the Case of the Drag Show Downer by Abra Staffin-Wiebe   I was sitting at the kitchen table, eating breakfast and arguing with my daughter, when my work phone broke the silence of our discussion. Not happening, I signed, quickly swallowing my last bite of peanut butter toast so I could […]