A K, Author at Agnes and True

When Albert proposed to Celia, back in 1961, he balanced on his left knee in her parents’ living room, held open a little box from Birks that offered a sparkling diamond ring on midnight blue velvet, and opened his mouth to pop the question. But the words that tried to climb the ladder between his heart and lips never made it — he just looked at her with his deep, chocolate-brown eyes, clearly desperate to speak but too overcome by the moment. And so she knelt in front of him, swung her arms around his […]

We Were Witches

by R.E. Rule

We were witches, Delilah and I. All that summer we braided old thread into charms and walked invisible when barefoot. Once we held hands and chanted until thunder cracked the horizon and rain dug rivers in the dirt. Maybe she’d always been a witch. She’d come to live with Ms. Gray down the street, and I’d always been too embarrassed to ask why. But I’d never known what I was until Delilah came.

It was Delilah who found our magic place. She’d crawled under the cedar that slouched between the cornfield and the Big Wood, and […]

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