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    Nancy Werlock's Diary: Family Affairs
    Nancy Werlock's Diary: Family Affairs
    Nancy Werlock's Diary: Family Affairs
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    Nancy Werlock's Diary: Family Affairs

    By Julie Ann Dawson

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    Marriage counselor Nancy Werlock didn't want to take over the family business. Unfortunately for her fate, and a bunch of conniving but well-meaning spirits, have other plans. Now Nancy finds herself fumbling through exorcisms and sorting applications for a new apprentice. Because for Werlock women, the family business is demonology. And at the Three Wishes Boutique, the customer may not always be right, but he may very well be possessed.

    This episode includes two short stories (12,600 words):

    Family Affairs
    Nancy’s ongoing issues with her apprentice’s dead mother take a back seat to an escaped demon that falls into her lap (well, actually, falls into the roof of the car in front of her). Now she has to track it down before it jumps into a new body or evolves into a more dangerous species.

    The Gremlin
    For twelve years, Nancy’s mother had performed “excorisms” for the local Department of Public Works just before the annual Fourth of July fireworks display to provide the workers with peace of mind. When Nancy agreed to continue the tradition, she didn’t expect an actual gremlin to show up.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBards and Sages Publishing
    Release dateJan 9, 2014
    ISBN9781310651229
    Nancy Werlock's Diary: Family Affairs
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    Julie Ann Dawson

    Julie Ann Dawson is an author, editor, publisher, RPG designer, and advocate for writers who may occasionally require the services of someone with access to Force Lightning (and in case it was not obvious, a bit of a geek). Her work has appeared in a variety of print and digital media, including such diverse publications as the New Jersey Review of Literature, Lucidity, Black Bough, Poetry Magazine, Gareth Blackmore’s Unusual Tales, Demonground, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and others. In 2002 she started her own publishing company, Bards and Sages. The company has gone from having two titles to over one hundred titles between their print and digital products. In 2009, she launched the Bards and Sages Quarterly, a literary journal of speculative fiction. Since 2012, she has served as a judge for the IBPA's Benjamin Franklin Awards.

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      Nancy Werlock's Diary - Julie Ann Dawson

      Nancy Werlock’s Diary:

      Family Affairs

      By Julie Ann Dawson

      ©2014 Julie Ann Dawson

      Smashwords Edition

      Bards and Sages Publishing

      Bellmawr, NJ

      www.bardsandsages.com

      Two Nancy Werlock short stories

      Family Affairs

      Nancy’s ongoing issues with her apprentice’s dead mother take a back seat to an escaped demon that falls into her lap (well, actually, falls into the roof of the car in front of her). Now she has to track it down before it jumps into a new body or evolves into a more dangerous species.

      The Gremlin

      For twelve years, Nancy’s mother had performed exorcisms for the local Department of Public Works just before the annual Fourth of July fireworks display to provide the workers with peace of mind. When Nancy agreed to continue the tradition, she didn’t expect an actual gremlin to show up.

      Cover art by

      N. Joy Neish

      These stories are works of fiction. Any resemblance to persons living, dead, or undead is coincidental and vaguely disturbing.

      Digital License

      This digital product is licensed for the enjoyment of the original purchaser. Please do not engage in file-sharing or illegal duplication. While we do not rely on DRM, we do employ DAP (Digital Arcane Protection). Illegal file sharing may result in gremlins or other mystical creatures overtaking your computer or ereader. Such infestations would be considered acts of gods and most likely not covered by your warranty.

      We thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

      Family Affairs

      June 25th

      So your niece got kicked out of day care, says my brother with no small amount of misplaced pride.

      I stop mid-bite into my burger and glare at him. He always loves to dump surprises on me when I have a mouth full of food. He sits across the booth with that stupid grin as he watches my face contort. I remind myself, again, to check in with his wife before I meet him for lunch in the future.

      I finish chewing my food and feign calmness as I wash it down with a sip of coffee. Please tell me she didn’t set someone’s hair on fire.

      Nope. She decked a boy, he says. Knocked him flat on his ass, too.

      Are you going to explain to me why, Scott. Or do I need to knock you on your ass?

      The kid called Laurie a witch. My dear brother is struggling to contain his laughter. "So Megan said to him ‘Okay. Your mom is a nurse,’ because she’s thinking ‘yeah, my mom is a witch’ and you know she’s a very literal kid."

      I do not like where this is going.

      "It gets better. So the kid…the kid…he then says Laurie is a witch and a toad head."

      A toad head?

      Yeah, so Megan said to him ‘Mommy never turned her whole head into a toad it was just the one time with her tongue as a joke for Halloween.’

      Oh ye gods! She knows she can’t go around saying those things!

      So…so… Scott grabs a napkin to wipe tears from his eyes. So at this point the boy is confused because your niece doesn’t get that he’s insulting her mother.

      How can you find this so funny?

      Because it is. Let me finish! He takes a deep breath to regain some composure. So then the boy apparently starts trying to taunt her with a ‘Megan’s mom is a toad head’ chant because, you know, nothing like repetition to make a non-insult sound insulting. So Megan finally says something along the lines of ‘well, at least my mom doesn’t change dirty poop pans all day. Your mom is a poop pan changer!’

      I bite my lower lip to avoid laughing. I don’t want to encourage Scott.

      "So the boy starts all with ‘your mom tucks you in at night with a toad head on her head’ and Megan is all ‘you mom packs your lunch with poop pan

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