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    That One Summer
    That One Summer
    That One Summer
    Ebook32 pages21 minutes

    That One Summer

    By Linda Jordan

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    Margery's life turns upside down. For summer, too many plants fill the nursery. Watering takes too much time.

    A strange man lurks around the property, asking for the owner. Something feels off about him.

    Then things grow even more sinister.

    This atmospheric mystery set in the plant world makes a wonderful and gratifying short read.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMetamorphosis Press
    Release dateJan 14, 2019
    ISBN9781386690214
    That One Summer
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    Linda Jordan

    Linda Jordan writes fascinating characters, visionary worlds, and imaginative fiction. She creates both long and short fiction, serious and silly. She believes in the power of healing and transformation, and many of her stories follow those themes.In a previous lifetime, Linda coordinated the Clarion West Writers’ Workshop as well as the Reading Series. She spent four years as Chair of the Board of Directors during Clarion West’s formative period. She’s also worked as a travel agent, a baker, and a pond plant/fish sales person, you know, the sort of things one does as a writer.Currently, she’s the Programming Director for the Writers Cooperative of the Pacific Northwest.Linda now lives in the rainy wilds of Washington state with her husband, daughter, four cats, a cluster of Koi and an infinite number of slugs and snails.

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