• Chapter 16 "Your Hancock"

    "What?" Lexi asked, sounding stunned, as she sat across from a man in a nice suit behind a desk. He smiled, leaned back and nodded. "Yeah," he said, "It's true. He sang like a canary, thusly fingering...

  • Chapter 5 "All The Plastic Crowns"

    That blinding light, shining right in Lillian's eyes, making her squint upwards as she attempted to stumble onto the stage, in front of all the other little girls, facing the crowd in front of her. She...

  • Chapter 4 "Now You're A Princess Too"

    Lillian was sitting in the parking lot, amongst a large crowd, while ambulances and cop cars tried to make sense of the tragedy. Children were crying, parents were comforting their kids, and yet Lillian's...

  • Chapter 15 "The Ol' Razzle Dazzle"

    All it took was a split second. The rehearsal was about to start, the set was more or less set up, and Beatrice was waiting to put the head of her costume on, sitting on the edge of the stage, when Michelle...

  • Chapter 3 "Show & Tell"

    Sitting in the hallway of Froth's Elementary, right outside Maddison's classroom door, Lillian couldn't help but realize just how long it'd been since she'd actually set foot inside of a school. She didn't...

  • Chapter 14 "Swann Dive"

    Leslie Swann was late for work. Truth be told, she was late for work most days, but being the network head, she could get away with it. And besides, she often stayed late into the night to make up for...