Single Branch With Blossom

By Sean Monaghan

Grandpa Jim's old farm cottage lies empty and cold. Paint faded and chipped and cracked.

Mel arrives not knowing the state of the place. Or the state of her feelings. Grandpa Jim always seemed mysterious, even distant.

Even more distant now.

A short story about reslience and relationships and trust, that asks the question, can we ever truly know our family?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Triple V Publishing
• Release date: Jul 1, 2023
• ISBN: 9798223900238

Sean Monaghan

Award-winning author, Sean Monaghan has published more than one hundred stories in the U.S., the U.K., Australia, and in New Zealand, where he makes his home. A regular contributor to Asimov’s, his story “Crimson Birds of Small Miracles”, set in the art world of Shilinka Switalla, won both the Sir Julius Vogel Award, and the Asimov’s Readers Poll Award, for best short story. He is a past winner of the Jim Baen Memorial Award, and the Amazing Stories Award. Sean writes from a nook in a corner of his 110 year old home, usually listening to eighties music. Award-winning author, Sean Monaghan has published more than one hundred stories in the U.S., the U.K., Australia, and in New Zealand, where he makes his home. A regular contributor to Asimov’s, his story “Crimson Birds of Small Miracles”, set in the art world of Shilinka Switalla, won both the Sir Julius Vogel Award, and the Asimov’s Readers Poll Award, for best short story. He is a past winner of the Jim Baen Memorial Award, and the Amazing Stories Award. Sean writes from a nook in a corner of his 110 year old home, usually listening to eighties music.

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