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    Under the Willow Tree
    Under the Willow Tree
    Under the Willow Tree
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    Under the Willow Tree

    By Michael Corso

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    In 1940’s Manhattan, Jessie and Matt sat under the willow tree in Central Park. A refuge from daily life, they had spent many long hours beneath its boughs. When Matt learns Jessie will soon be moving away, he invites her to meet him one last time at the willow tree, but Jessie never came. Little did she know just what happened that night, or what she left behind. It wouldn’t be until many years later when she discovered the true magic of that place and what happened to her childhood love.

    ***This is a short story, not a full-length novel.***

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMichael Corso
    Release dateMay 11, 2016
    ISBN9781310674471
    Under the Willow Tree
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    Michael Corso

    I am a writer continuously learning and evolving, one who loves movies, superheroes, cartoons, and long dramatic pauses, but not in a soap opera way. You can read my stuff if you like. You just might be entertained. Or you might hate it. Who knows? Only one way to find out.

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      Under the Willow Tree - Michael Corso

      UNDER THE WILLOW TREE

      BY

      MICHAEL CORSO

      OTHER WORK BY MICHAEL CORSO

      SHORT STORIES

      The Age of Earth and Water

      A Rift in Time’s Regard

      Below the Surface

      BOOKS

      The Fear Within

      The Adventures of James Squirrel

      Copyright © 2016 by Michael Corso

      Source material for cover image courtesy of Shutterstock.com

      All rights reserved. Published by Michael Corso through Smashwords.

      This book is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This book may not be re-sold or given away to others. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to your favorite retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      If you would like to contact Michael, please write him on Twitter @7MichaelCorso or on his blog, www.MichaeloftheBooks.wordpress.com

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Other Work by Michael Corso

      Beginning

      Middle

      End

      About the Author

      Light played on the two children’s faces, dancing around in flickering patterns of shade and sun as the cool autumn breeze shifted the leaves above.

      The girl lay facing the sky beneath the flowing branches of the willow tree, her sandy-blonde hair getting caught in the wind. Hands crossed over her stomach, she would only move one of them to brush the hair from her eyes and then stare back at the light show above her. A dreamlike smile lit her face.

      The boy lay next

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