The Black Bag Heist and Other Stories and Songs

By Sparrow Adams

In "A Gold Heart Locket for My Soul", a little girl and her brother visit their grandparents on the weekend and the backyard becomes their secret world, where all are friends and helpers. Inside the home, bad things happen to little girls. This story speaks to the imagination and strength of the human spirit.

"A Fairy Named Fine", tells the story of the Fairies that live in the front yard of a man named, Shoes. It is an invitation to see the larger world and how everything we do affects each other.

"The Black Bag Heist", is a mystery about a stow away named Dove. She hides in the trunk hoping to learn what the men in white suits are carrying around in the black bags.

"Baby It's You", is a song about a woman who endures the dark night of the soul due to a chronic illness. She sings of how her partner and love help to see her through. Recording of this song can be found at Annagail.net and all platforms.

"Anne", is a song about a ghost that lives at the Fountain Street House. Anne is the ghost who is able to communicate with the young woman who lives in the home now. It's a powerful friendship between the two of them. Recording of this song can be found at Annagail.net and all platforms.

"Brother", is a song about a superhero. It is sung from the little sister's perspective and speaks of their childhood and his recent cancer diagnoses. She shares of her hope to run and play together in Heaven again someday. Recording of this song can be found at Annagail.net and all platforms.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Sparrow Adams
• Release date: Jan 28, 2022
• ISBN: 9781005706104

Sparrow Adams

Sparrow Adams is a novelist, memoirist, and technical writer. She is a professional recording artist, accomplished musician, prolific songwriter, public speaker, and business owner. Balancing the duties and vagaries of parenting, recording, following the creative muse, closing a multimillion-dollar-deal, she straddles an impressive expanse of left and right-brain worlds, all while wearing her pink fuzzy robe.Sparrow has worked for years serving women who are recovering from trauma. She was born and raised in a religious community. A recovering fundamentalist and a survivor of domestic and sexual violence she tells her stories with vulnerability, courage, sensitivity, and humor. She battles Advanced Chronic Lyme disease and weaves the reality of life through her writings, with authenticity, gratitude, humility, and a little cussing.She has been the CEO of a national organization for twenty plus years, served on multiple non-profit boards and continues to fill her calendar with speaking engagements. Sparrow has been a fixture on the Cambridge list of Who’s Who for many years. Sparrow has secured many degrees, licenses, and certifications as an eager lifelong learner. She currently holds a BS in Business Management, AS in Nursing, BS in Biblical Studies and is earning her BFA in Creative Writing.Sparrow currently lives in Michigan where the seasons keep changing. She has three beautiful children and two loyal Golden doodles, Doctor Mister Maxwell Percival PhD Dog and Ms. Betty Folklore. Sparrow blogs at http://RhindsWithOrange.com/ and makes music at Annagail.net. She is published at Cafelit.co.uk. Her music spins at http://AppleMusic.com/, http://Spotify.com/, http://AmazonMusic.com/, and http://BandCamp.com/

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Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

A Gold Heart Locket for My Soul

A Fairy Named Fine

The Black Bag Heist

Baby It’s You

Anne

Brother

Friend in the Attic

About the Author

A Gold Heart Locket for my Soul

He always smelled of Old Spice and Mountain Dew. Sometimes in the night I could smell him. I thought I was dreaming. I would wake the next morning with strawberry stains on my sheets. I could not remember eating strawberries, but he always said, Little girls do silly things in their sleep.

He would preach from the pulpit of the country church on Sundays and do the town folk's taxes on Mondays. A quiet man with a head tick that made it seem as though he was looking ever so slightly to the sky every ten-seconds or so. On