“Takia!” Ally raced across the bridge to Claire’s house, where Takia’s mother said she had gone. The warm, early autumn breeze brushed her cheeks. Her heart was soaring and she [...]

The gargoyle was made of wood--woven roots and branches that had sprouted from the enchanted ground of the Tanglewood long ago. They formed into the body of a creature with [...]

“What do you want to do when you grow up?” Ally and Takia were kneading bread dough at the counter in Ally’s house. Now that they were seventeen, they had [...]

Madge and Ally didn’t talk much after the sunflower field. Ally wondered if she had hurt Madge’s feelings, and now the girl was bitter towards her. She didn’t want to [...]

Ally had never had trouble finding Takia before. When they were younger all the children played outside together whenever the weather was fair, and often even when it wasn’t. But [...]