Hello! Here’s an excerpt from a story I’ve started writing inspired from the @fablehavenshipfest Brackendra Day prompt “How have you possibly survived this long?”
Muted diamonds sparkled in the sky. Kendra had long forgotten how hard it had been to see the stars in Rochester—at least compared to the wilderness that was Fablehaven.
“So you grew up here?” Bracken’s feet puttered against the sidewalk.
“More in the suburbs, but yeah, this is Rochester.”
“It’s beautiful.”
Kendra glanced at the askew stop sign, a ditch filled with litter, and the cracked concrete and shrugged. “If we walk fast enough we can get to the beach before we get mugged—”
“Wait, I thought we were safe. This is where you grew up, right?”
“Yeah, and we are.”
“You just said we could get mugged.”
“Well, you can always get mugged.”