“The Woman in the Woods” — Necessary Fiction (February 2016)
My story “The Woman in the Woods” was published in the February 2016 issue of Necessary Fiction.
First Lines
Papa’s Death and the Orphan Train
No matter how many times Horace told her different, Eliza knew her brother was wrong. The woman in the woods didn’t look the least bit dead. The woman in the woods looked beautiful. With her long flowing hair and a leaf-gold cape, she made Eliza think of an ancient Irish queen. Of course, the woman didn’t speak as she made her way along the trail. The woman was communing with her subjects, the dead … Read more
