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Year 1 Stories: December 2022 - November 2023
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Four children who have almost nothing in common are called to step into a cornfield, knowing they will never be able to return.
In the moment, do we recognize those special parts of our childhood that one day we will no longer be able to return to?
If leaving home is all we ever wish for, how do we know when it is time to go back?
A math professor at a university tries to unravel the mystery of why his college randomly changes his assignments with an unsettling frequency.
There’s a rumor of a wall that may grant you your deepest desire … for a price. There is always a price.
Young Tinley is apprenticed to a weaver, where she discovers that she has magical powers that can have a devastating effect.
Tinley continues her journey westward, but is pursued by a Shade that seeks to take her powers for its own.
Tinley finds her way to a magical pool, meets the sisters of the pool, and must confront the Shade.
A lonely father dwells on those things from their past that may be keeping his son from visiting home.
A writer with writer’s block is given a challenge from his publisher that is meant to spur the creative process—but the publisher may have ulterior motives of the darkest kind.
A young boy writes messages on folded origami swans and sets them afloat down a river; eventually the swans help others before discovering that he also may need some help from the swans.
Jasper R. Jenkins has an exciting life and a comfortable dream life, but wishes that his dreams were reality instead.
Just because you are paranoid doesn’t mean that someone’s not after you. Harrison Gleck takes precautions, but will they be enough to save the secrets he is keeping.