Americana Fairy Tale
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All needed rest. All needed healing. The sick, the injured, and those who fought them back or fought to save them. The victims received the peace of mind they had lost. The relief workers at their wit’s end received the peace they could finally recover.
The ocean crashed onto the shore. And the entire town of Margate City slept.
A little girl in a dirty swimsuit toddled barefoot down the street, rubbing her face. She yawned and stretched, fighting Taylor’s magic.
Taylor stopped her and pulled her into a careful hug. “Hey…,” Taylor said in a whisper. “What’s your name?”
“Rosie,” she said and yawned again.
Taylor smoothed a thumb over her forehead. “Why don’t you take a nap?” he whispered.
Rosie yawned wider and rubbed her eyes. “But I’m not sleepy…,” she said, and her head bobbed with drowsiness.
Taylor smoothed her golden curls and cooed a nonsense lullaby to her. She drifted off in his arms. “Go to sleep, little one…,” he whispered. “Tomorrow will bring grand new adventures.”
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
LEX CHASE once heard Stephen King say in a commercial, “We’re all going to die, I’m just trying to make it a little more interesting.” She knew then she wanted to make the world a little more interesting too.
Weaving tales of cinematic, sweeping adventure and epic love—and depending on how she feels that day—Lex sprinkles in high-speed chases, shower scenes, and more explosions than a Hollywood blockbuster. She loves tales of men who kiss as much as they kick ass. She believes if you’re going to march into the depths of hell, it better be beside the one you love.
Lex is a pop culture diva, and her DVR is constantly backlogged. She wouldn’t last five minutes without technology in the event of the apocalypse and has nightmares about refusing to leave her cats behind. She is incredibly sentimental, to the point that she gets choked up at holiday commercials. But like the lovers driven to extreme measures to get home for the holidays, Lex believes everyone deserves a happy ending.
Lex also has a knack for sarcasm, never takes herself seriously, and has been nicknamed “The Next Alan Moore” by her friends for all the pain and suffering she inflicts on her characters. She is a Damned Yankee hailing from the frozen backwoods of Maine now residing in the burbs of Northwest Florida, where it could be 80F and she’d still be a popsicle.
She is grateful for and humbled by all the readers. She knows very well she wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for them and welcomes feedback.
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Find her blog at http://lexchase.com or drop her an e-mail at lex.a.chase@gmail.com.
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