The Unbidden

by Theresa Glover

A tornado rips through a quiet town, destroying resources, knocking out power, cutting off communications with the surrounding area and unearthing ancient tunnels long relegated to children's boogeyman stories.

Lucy Wickersham finds herself uprooted from her childhood home, relocated for her "protection," and installed as the town historian to chronicle the rebuilding by the self-appointed head of the reconstruction, Aaron Plummer.

If the forced relocation by the idealistic Plummer wasn't strange enough, the children of the town are disappearing, and the sudden appearance of Mio, a young child who speaks only Spanish, forces Lucy into the role of guardian and protector.

Mio seems to have answers he can't articulate about the menace in the dark and may be the answer to saving the rest of the children.

Can Lucy save herself from Plummer's designs, protect Mio and uncover the secrets that will put The Unbidden to rest once again?

89 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 18, 2011

About the author

I’m a relapsed writer and dream-chaser. I wrote as a pre-teen and continued all the way through my college years. After college I stopped writing for about 10 years, but now I’m back on it and working to hone my craft. The dream to write fiction for a living is something I gave up on before, but I’m back to chasing it and I refuse to quit this time. Failure is not an option.

My Day Job is one that keeps me eye-ball deep in the human condition. While nothing I see should surprise me, it often does, but at least it gives me fodder to continue creating unique and twisted characters.

Reviews

[Theresa Glover]

I'm probably a little biased here, since I wrote it, but it's a story I loved from the minute I set my fingers to the keyboard. Take a look, and let me know what you think.