Seeing Scarlet, Volume Two: Progressions

By Eileen Slovak

Welcome to short stories, 4-6 of the Seeing Scarlet series, with repeating characters: "Defending Big Bird", "Hopedale House" & "Grounded". This collection of YA fiction, with a protagonist age of 11-13, includes bird themed tales of a bully, a ghost and a chance to fly. Thanks for stopping by!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Eileen Slovak
• Release date: Jul 28, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301275113

Eileen Slovak

Welcome to my author bio!I write stories for women of all ages, about the relationships in our lives, not limited to romance and thrillers. My current body of work in progress includes short stories, flash fiction, children's stories and novels.Some of my short stories are available here on Smashwords: "Seeing Scarlet", Volume One: Passages of Youth and Volume Two: Progressions. These tales chronicle a young, feisty, Rhode Island red-head named Scarlet O'Brien. In Volume One, Scarlet is a young girl enjoying adventures with her sister Catherine and cousin Michael.Later volumes will age progress and include Scarlet in her twenties, as an independent young woman struggling for the elusive perfect balance between work, family, friends and romance.Now available on Amazon.com, "Secret Agent of God", the story of Southern Maryland native, Janice Morrison, a reluctant psychic unable to see the future clearly enough to avoid an unexpected pregnancy and kidnapping by terrorists. I am thrilled to introduce this complex heroine to the world!Thank you for your interest in my Author Biography.

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Seeing Scarlet

Volume Two: Progressions

Three Short Stories

By Eileen Slovak

Copyright 2013 Eileen Slovak

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Table of Contents:

Defending Big Bird

Hopedale House

Grounded

Defending Big Bird

By Eileen Slovak

Autumn 1991

Hey, Big Bird! Nice dress, Billy Barnes taunted the new girl, Maggie Corcoran, who was staring at her own shoes, a pair of white slip-ons. Billy’s two cohorts, Roger and Blaine, egged him on.

A few feet away, Scarlet O’Brien bounced a basketball and tossed it plunk into a ‘net’ that was little more than a rusty metal ring. She retrieved the ball and held it in place on the ground with her sneakered foot as she adjusted her long red ponytail. She cocked her head listening, debating involvement.

Scarlet rubbed her freckle-covered arms, recalling the time in second grade when someone started a rumor that she had the chicken pox. After that, no one