• Chapter 7 "Battleship"

    It was a quiet evening. Harold and Betty Fuller were out of town, Ashley was working late and having a dinner date with a potential client and Carl had gotten hired by that job they'd mentioned so they...

  • Chapter 7 "Like A Fish Out Of Water"

    Ella couldn't sleep. She had rolled over time and time again, hearing Gilly snore softly under her bunk. Ella leaned over the bunk and looked at Gilly, who was asleep with a bag of chips on her chest,...

  • Chapter 6 "Trouble"

    Jason Fuller could remember the first time he ever met Anna Chlumsky. It was in college, about their third year in, and he met her at a book fair. She was reciting poetry she'd written herself, and then...

  • Chapter 6 "On A Dark & Stormy Night"

    It was a major summer storm, brought on suddenly and without warning, causing everyone to gather all the kids into the main hall for the night, or at least until it seemed safe enough to send them back...

  • Chapter 5 "Risk"

    "What?" Carl asked, staring at Betty as she was making tea, her back to him, but he continued, "What the hell do you mean dad isn't doing Family Game Night tonight? That was a week ago, and it wasn't...

  • Chapter 5 "Everybody Out Of The Pool"

    Ella was standing in the girls bathroom, looking at herself in her one piece, running her hands down her tummy. She didn't like how she was changing. She didn't like this "puberty" thing. She didn't want...