It’s #BookQW and does Fern ‘flatly’ accept magic?
More from Chapter 1:
It looked ordinary enough, but their bathroom held a secret. That secret allowed Fern to keep two promises this weekend—to Mom that she’d be safe at home and to Gran that she’d be there for their inspection.
Pulling out the pouch, Fern removed a glass piece on a fine chain. She’d found the long teardrop among her mom’s things and had taken it for dress-up when she’d been little, but she didn’t think Mom had made this piece. The color-flecked glass wasn’t one Mom used. And it did something no other glasswork of Mom’s did.
As she always did, Fern held the glass on her flat hand. “I wish to go to Gran’s.”
The glass glowed bright green and warmed her palm. A wind rose, circling her hand and then her, whipping her loose hair around her face. Light from the teardrop rose into the air, changing as it did. Bright green, to sage, yellow green, rusty brown, chestnut brown and back to bright green again. She braced her legs against the current until the light settled on the wall, swirling round and round in a perfect doughnut. The doughnut grew, nearly touching the floor and not quite reaching above her head.
Portal? Gateway? Wormhole? Fern called it her rabbit hole. Secret passages like this were supposed to be in wardrobes, forgotten attics, the study—or was it the library?—with Colonel Mustard. But the bathroom? This was where she first discovered what the teardrop did, and because it was the only magic Fern could do in her otherwise mundane life, she used it there.
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These are the last few days Fern’s story will be FREE!
Download The Witch of the Meadows from my payhip store or wherever ebooks are sold.
The Windborne novels are available in paperback – perfect for holiday gifts!
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On a personal note:
Costa Rica was awesome! We saw so many new and pretty birds–204 for the entire group, about 180 for me. Unfortunately, most folks on our tour also caught a cold–not Covid, thankfully!–so we are still weathering that and are up to doing very little.
Here’s a taste while I continue to sip my lemon honey tea!
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