Chapter 11 from The Watch Dog for #SampleSunday

“The Watch Dog” is about Garrett “Rett” Baker, a man who alienated himself from everyone who loved him.  He screwed his life up and is forced to return to his small hometown outside Nashville, TN to face his family and people he hurt.  He winds up living in his Grandmother’s old house and it isn’t

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The Love Triangle Begins from Lost In You for #SampleSunday

This is a scene from Chapter 3 of my first novel, “Lost In You”.  Cooper finds herself intrigued by two pop stars from the boy band Sound Wave while attending a wedding in Florida.  She winds up injuring herself and stuck in Florida longer than expected. Silence filled the car as Ryan drove.  Cooper glanced

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The Lost Umbrella

A short story by Sandy Lo written April 2011. Grandma had sat on the burlap couch that always reminded 4-year-old DiDi of an autumn theme, with its browns and burnt orange images. As years passed, the exact pattern of the couch had faded, but the rough, scratchy material is still etched into DiDi’s memory. It was Christmas morning—a thrilling time for children. DiDi remembers how Christmas used to be. She never feared she’d be on the “naughty list”. DiDi was always a sweet little girl; she always listened; she always loved purely. In spite of her coming into the world by accident, born to a teenage father and a mother who already had three other children, among other terrible circumstances, DiDi was loved in return.