Tears of frustration blurred my vision. Why had I even seen that small beacon to the outside world when it was evidently far beyond my reach? How could I, a lady of indeterminate age, ever hope to scale these rocky walls? Even a college athlete might find it a lost cause. It would have been […]
Jun 23, 2022
Dwindling Hope
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I don’t know how long I sat on the rocky floor of the cave. My phone was back in my cottage and I had no wrist watch. But, at last, a smidgen of coherent thought got through the panic. What had caused the boulder to fall, blocking my escape? It must have had something to […]
Jul 7, 2020
A Shadow on the Rock, Chapter 2
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Chapter Two The trail Miss Georgia followed dipped down into a small ravine. In rainy weather, a creek meandered through, but now only a few pools of water puddled in the low places. This wet weather creek dead-ended farther back in the woods, in a cave. Miss Georgia had only been as far as the […]
Mar 14, 2016
A Descent into the Depths
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A surprise: Although I don’t know how long the special price for this ebook will last, The Cemetery Club is on sale at Amazon for 99 cents. Here is an excerpt from that first Darcy and Flora cozy mystery: Flopping onto my stomach, I squeezed, head first, down the first two stone steps. I heard my […]
