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    Brittle Flames
    Brittle Flames
    Brittle Flames
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    Brittle Flames

    By Linda Jordan

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    Angela lives to paint and people want to buy her work.

    Dark magic makes its own plans.

    Evil that haunts her?

    Haunting and creepy, this dark fantasy takes unexpected turns.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMetamorphosis Press
    Release dateJun 22, 2013
    ISBN9781301440474
    Brittle Flames
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    Linda Jordan

    Linda Jordan writes fascinating characters, visionary worlds, and imaginative fiction. She creates both long and short fiction, serious and silly. She believes in the power of healing and transformation, and many of her stories follow those themes.In a previous lifetime, Linda coordinated the Clarion West Writers’ Workshop as well as the Reading Series. She spent four years as Chair of the Board of Directors during Clarion West’s formative period. She’s also worked as a travel agent, a baker, and a pond plant/fish sales person, you know, the sort of things one does as a writer.Currently, she’s the Programming Director for the Writers Cooperative of the Pacific Northwest.Linda now lives in the rainy wilds of Washington state with her husband, daughter, four cats, a cluster of Koi and an infinite number of slugs and snails.

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      Brittle Flames - Linda Jordan

      Brittle Flames

      Brittle Flames

      Linda Jordan

      Metamorphosis Press

      Copyright © 2013 by Linda Jordan

      Published by Metamorphosis Press

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      Brittle Flames

      About the Author

      Brittle Flames

      Angela was on fire. Painting made her feel fully alive. She loaded the wooden brush with straight cadmium green and touched it to the 18 by 24 canvas, turning the tool while stroking it along the tree trunks. Twisting the brush just enough to keep the tip from widening out. The painting wanted the vivid spring green color to be complete. She’d been working on it since dawn and felt invigorated. A classic guitar program played on the radio and she lost herself in the work. And this was the last of the 78 paintings for the tarot deck. Her contribution would be complete.

      She needed to leave the dingy, gray room and turn the fan back on. The fumes from the paints, linseed oil and mineral spirits were beginning to get to her, but she hated the noise from the fan. Someday, she’d buy one of her own, one that was quiet. Someday, she’d have a proper studio.

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