The Vow in the Shadows The air in St. Jude’s Episcopal Church was thick with the scent of lilies and expensive French perfume,…
The Gold Inside the Grace By Gemini The air in the vestry of St. Jude’s-by-the-Sea was thick with the scent of Casablanca lilies…
The Weight of Paper Part 1: The Golden Son and the “Helpful” Sister The air in the conference room smelled of stale coffee…
The Ledger of Lies PART 1: The “Fair” Division “Everything split evenly, Elara. That was his dying wish. You know how your father…
The Line in the Dirt Part 1: The Coldest Goodbye The Vermont wind didn’t care that we were grieving. It sliced through the…
The Inheritance of Dirt and Debt The rain in Blackwood Creek didn’t wash things clean; it just turned the red clay into a…
The Inheritance of Echo Ridge PART 1: The Lunch of Vultures The silver spoon felt heavy in my hand, cold as the marble…
Part 1: The Grave is Still Open The dirt wasn’t even dry on Mom’s plot when the vultures started circling the mahogany vanity.…
The Weight of Silver and Rust Part I: The Vultures Circle “It’s just a truck, Elias,” my cousin Marcus shrugged, his boots clicking…
The email arrived at 3:14 AM, the exact time my mother, Eleanor, used to say the veil between worlds was thinnest. I hadn’t…