I wish people would spread a Faustian rumor about me.’ I leaned over and knocked Sunshine’s hand out of Luke’s hair. ‘A Faustian myth,’ I repeated. ‘It’s so much more interesting than just being that...

Freddie often fold me that you’ve got to be happy when you can, because life won’t wait for you to take the time. And she was right.

Our town was small enough that I never developed a healthy fear of strangers. To me, they were exciting things, gift-wrapped and full of possibilities, the sweet smell of somewhere else wafting from them like...

Sunshine, if I ever disappear, please tell people that I ran after the Devil, trying to get my soul back.

River had never lost his cool, not since I’d know him. That was the thing about River. He was calm. Calm as a summer’s day. Calm as a gentle nap in the sun. Even when...

The crow cawed again overhead, and a strong sea wind came in and burst through the trees, making the green pine needles shake themselves all over the place. That sound always gave me goose bumps,...

We both fell asleep wrapped up together with the wolves still lullaby-ing us in the background

People like you don’t go mad, Vi. They’re quiet on the outside and loud on the inside and sane as the day is long

Please tell me you don’t go around saying crap like that to everyone. No wonder no one in town ever talks to us. Wealthy families always have a crazy person or two. Is that really...