A Veteran's Victory

By M. Kari Barr

A sidewalk to nowhere was the inspiration for this short tale.

Surely such a sidewalk would have magical mystical properties...one such sidewalk was built on Murry's road...a sidewalk leading to an empty field.

Murry takes a midnight stroll to the end of the sidewalk and is thrown into an adventure that changes her life forever.

• Language: English
• Publisher: M. Kari Barr
• Release date: Aug 16, 2012
• ISBN: 9781476405490

M. Kari Barr

M. Kari Barr grew up in a home filled with books. Fantasy became her favored escape from reality. It is no surprise that her debut novel is filled with fairies, elves, and dragons. Crafting stories that offer others the chance to put aside everyday concerns has been one of her best experiences in life. Not counting having eight children and nearly as many grandchildren. Sharing her love of books truly brings a smile to her face.

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A Veteran’s Victory

By

M. Kari Barr

Copyright 2012 M. Kari Barr

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She had grown up in that town, lived there her entire seventeen years of existence too. Not much changed in all those years, the Piggly-Wiggly closed after Wal-Mart opened up. The little shops on Main Street changed hands every five years, but the new stuff was just as uninteresting as the old stuff.

Then the government had decided their town was the perfect place to spend some of their stimulus money. Said it would get more money into the hands of the people.

Esmeralda Lavinia Cooper sat on her porch all June and half of July- watching the workers dig up the side of the road and the first few feet of her yard, and all of her neighbors yards as well. It was announced that they would be getting a sidewalk.

Murry, as she preferred to be called, thought it an idiotic thing to be doing, but at least it was different from watching the snotty Robeson kids across the road wrestling and carrying on.

Not that she always sat there, she did have her best