Chapter 1: Town WelcomeDal Roberts’ kitchen smelled sweet and toxic. He covered his nose and mouth with the palm of his hand and stared at the offensive display centered on the table. It was a basket of yellow apples. A crisp, white card hung from brown twine. Written on it in bold black script were the words, “Golden Delicious Apples. Courtesy of The Council.” It was the fourteenth daily basket to arrive and that marked two weeks they’d been in the wretched pipsqueak of a town named Bunkville.Chapter 1: Town Welcome
The tow-headed boy lumbered over to the fridge and plucked a pitcher of lemonade out of it. Then he stood in front of the cabinet that held
HullabalooPerhaps I should have seen the fish as a sign. It's not often you see one swimming between the subway rails. Actually, before today, I never had. Yet when I did, I didn't think much of it. It is the City after all. Odd sights tend to be a frequent occurrence here. But if I could go back in time to when I first saw the fish, I would turn around, go home, and never return to this cesspool of gray.Hullabaloo
I rubbed my finger again, wishing I could find a way to remove the ring. A sharp pain burned through my hand and I winced. The ring wasn't going to come off. It meant I only had a few days. Hellish ones too, based on what I'd already seen
Saedrik's Ocean Herders“Mikosh,” my grandfather had said. “You have to truly believe, like all the way deep inside your heart, and then it will be.” I’d always thought it was hogwash or maybe that he’d snuck some of dad’s whiskey again. But then again, I must have believed or else the magic would never have saved my life that day.Saedrik's Ocean Herders
History has named it “The Day of Saedrik Ocean’s End.” But for those of us twelve that survived it, the day goes by another name, “Saedrik’s Memory.” We named it such since what saved us was his very magic, or rather an impression left behind of his magic.
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