It Came Upon A Midnight Clear: a smalltown novella (3/9)

Chapters 1-3

Chapters 4-6

7. A Change of Facebook Proportions

Sunday morning saw Lacey and Grandpa in the kitchen nook, sipping coffee and reading the paper. Grandpa’s was made of actual paper. Lacey’s was on a netbook.

“Oranges are going on sale,” she mumbled into her coffee.

“Beyoncé is checking into rehab,” Grandpa informed her.

The dog stumbled into the room, stared at the bare table, and stumbled out again, obviously disgusted that the humans in her house couldn’t even live up to the canine ex...