It was the gentle growl of a light plane flying low over the city that snapped me around, eyes searching the sky. We don’t see a lot of them in Central Asia. And, more weird, the sound didn’t come from the usual flight path in and out of the Khan Sharif airport. We can seeContinue reading “Phone Power”
Category Archives: Young Adult Fiction
Crunch
I didn’t know how the dog was going to kill me, exactly. Drag me in front of a bus? Knock me over backwards and smash my skull? Rip me apart with his huge teeth? Poison my bloodstream with rabies-infected drool? We were headed for the park, because my biological father – which is all heContinue reading “Crunch”
Washaway
The bike ride with my brother was months ago, but the bad dreams still come. I still wake up in a sweat in the dark. We’d just wanted to get out of the house, to breathe some fresh air. We weren’t looking for trouble. Yeah, we do live in Central Asia. Sounds a bit dangerousContinue reading “Washaway”
