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    A Gathering At Midnight
    A Gathering At Midnight
    A Gathering At Midnight
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    A Gathering At Midnight

    By Top Writers Block

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    Midnight. A transition into a new day, time...perhaps a new place? This collection brings you three short fiction stories and one poem on the theme "A Gathering At Midnight" from Elizabeth Rowan Keith, Melissa A. Szydlek, Alan Naylor, and Suzy Stewart Dubot.

    Your purchase of this ebook not only helps promote the work of talented independent authors, it supports charity as well. Top Writers Block is an international group of writers who continue to donate all of their author proceeds to Sea Shepherd in France, an organization that devotes itself to preserving our seas and oceans and the life within.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTop Writers Block
    Release dateNov 18, 2017
    ISBN9781370162741
    A Gathering At Midnight
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    Top Writers Block

    Top Writers Block is a diverse and eclectic group of talented writers who decided to write stories together - just for the fun of it! We are happy to announce that authors proceeds have always gone, and will continue to go, to Sea Shepherd.fr every time Smashwords has made a payment! Thank you to those who have supported the group, independent authors, and Sea Shepherd. Our collections are usually written with one theme or genre in mind. Each author contributes when they have the time, so some of the collections have as many as twelve authors participating. Every collection has something new, with stories and poems ranging from romance, drama, and adventure to mystery, fantasy, and horror. All the Top Writers Block's proceeds will go to Sea Shepherd, so by buying you are helping to keep our oceans alive! Thank You all so much!

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      Book preview

      A Gathering At Midnight - Top Writers Block

      A Collection of Short Stories

      by

      TOP WRITERS BLOCK

      Written on the theme of:

      A GATHERING AT MIDNIGHT

      Copyright ©October 2017 by each individual author as noted

      Published on Smashwords

      Cover Art from Adobe Stock

      ISBN: 9781370162741

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events or locales is entirely coincidental.

      Smashwords License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      QUICKEN AND STILL by Elizabeth Rowan Keith

      JAY by Alan Naylor

      A GATHERING OF SCARECROWS by Melissa A. Szydlek

      HALLOWEEN HULLABALOO by Suzy Stewart Dubot

      QUICKEN AND STILL

      by

      Elizabeth Rowan Keith

      Copyright ©October 2017 Elizabeth Rowan Keith

      Elizabeth Rowan Keith is a researcher, writer, photographer, and artist who has received multiple awards in all four fields. When she isn't writing, she works as a shamanic healer.  She lives among the cities and lakes of Minnesota, where new adventures are unfolding. She is the widow of award-winning author and photographer David H. Keith.

      In the quiet of the night Angela woke to fluttering in her belly. After a moment of confusion, she realized she was feeling the quickening she had anticipated. Her baby was moving.

      Placing her hand over the little one inside her, Angela snuggled deeper under the warm blankets. Surrounded by cool, crisp air, she breathed deeply and waited for more. For this child to perform an introductory dance under this first full moon of autumn was no surprise. Dancing under a full moon was in the blood of her ancestors.

      Sleep was rare for Angela when the full moon was high. She suspected her mother and aunt were awake, too. Perhaps they were up with each other in their own home across the adjoining lawns with a pot of tea between them. After living apart throughout their adulthood, they had just come together again under the roof of the family home. It was a comfort to have them both near. Fate had left them with only each other.

      Between the force of the full moon and the flutter within, Angela realized there would be no more sleep that night. Glancing at the clock she realized she had slept longer than usual. In years past she and her friends followed the ancient custom of gathering on such a night. But this year Angela was alone.

      Pushing back the blankets, Angela slid from her bed. As her feet found warm, woolen clogs, she donned her robe

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