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    Leaving Home
    Leaving Home
    Leaving Home
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    Leaving Home

    By Melinda Brasher

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    A girl searches for a ghost from her past. Revenge backfires. On a cruise ship, paranoia strikes. Dance overcomes the barriers of language. A blackmailer makes a mistake. A pirate boy falls in love. The jungle awakes. Fairy godmother magic comes from an unexpected source. A young father leaves town. A neighbor's death reveals a dark surprise. A train breaks down in the snowy Polish countryside.

    Enjoy these and more in Leaving Home, a collection of twenty short stories, flash fiction, and travel essays by Melinda Brasher.

    Works included in Leaving Home have won contests and been published in Ellipsis Literature & Art, Travel Belles, Thema, Fairytale Magazine, In the Know Traveler, and others.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMelinda Brasher
    Release dateAug 15, 2013
    ISBN9781301222209
    Leaving Home
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    Melinda Brasher

    Melinda Brasher spends her time writing fiction, traveling, and teaching English as a second language in places like Poland, Mexico, the Czech Republic, and Arizona. Her short fiction and travel writing appear in Ellipsis Literature and Art, Enchanted Conversation, International Living, and others. Visit her online at www.melindabrasher.com.

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