Three Solstice Gifts
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Three friends and lovers watch the log burn on the longest night of the year, welcoming the Sun into Pittsburgh again. Watch Ash, Cooper, and Sig bend their powers to their will on this magical night – and, perhaps, discover something entirely unexpected.
This heartwarming short story of love among three men is best enjoyed after Book 4 of the Disordelry Elements, “Like a Phoenix.”
Olivette Devaux
A winner of numerous "Writers of the Future" Honorable Mentions and various genre awards, Olivette Devaux writes stories of all lengths and on a variety of topics. If you like urban fantasy, science fiction, crime fiction, and romance, you will find many a good read in her repertoire! Please pay careful attention to keywords, cover branding, and story summaries. All these will hint as to the genre, mood, and your emotional take-away. Olivette gave up her vagabond ways to settle in Pittsburgh, where she shares a home with her family and her numerous imaginary friends.
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Three Solstice Gifts - Olivette Devaux
THREE SOLSTICE GIFTS
A DISORDERLY ELEMENTS SHORT STORY
OLIVETTE DEVAUX
MUGEN PRESS
Pittsburgh, PA
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THREE SOLSTICE GIFTS
A DISORDERLY ELEMENTS SHORT STORY
Published by Mugen Press
© Olivette Devaux, June 2018
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THREE SOLSTICE GIFTS
The office of Cooper Annenveinen, Architect, occupied a room in a small-business cooperative on the North Side of Pittsburgh. The place used to be a warehouse, and was supervised by the Corps of Retired Executives Of America, a non-profit organization of knowledgeable geezers who were too old to work an eighty-hour week, and too virile to play Sudoku all day long. It smelled of toner and paper dust, and the lunch lounge reeked of burned coffee and donated Christmas cookies.
Cooper ignored the tempting sugar overload, leaned back in his mesh chair, and peered at his middle screen to perform one last, final check. The three-dimensional network of lines and shapes represented a remodeled strip mall. He had done stand-alone building remodels, and he’d done new construction of adjoined commercial spaces. Working with a preexisting structures still pushed his limits in a