Sea of Glass

By Tricia D. Wagner

How bright and how terrible is the dawn on the day we discover our wings.

Twelve-year-old Teo spends his days helping his troubled papá hang windows on shanties along Baja's wild coast. When an old angler presses Teo to seek a goddess-the Sea Angel-for rescue, Teo sets o

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lyridae Books
• Release date: Jun 12, 2020
• ISBN: 9781961921146

Tricia D. Wagner

As a young reader, writers were like gods and goddesses to now author Tricia D. Wagner. She never could have imagined weaving tales like her favorite storytellers, until a fateful April dinner conversation with her husband about a lecture he attended got her mind whirling. By the end of that summer, she'd written 400,000 words: a speculative fiction trilogy. Wagner felt as if she'd emerged from a chrysalis as some new sort of creature. She was hooked.It was important to Tricia to sharpen her skills, and she immersed herself in workshops, guides, and writing communities, learning from editors how to hone her craft. She did this for years, and the result is her a growing collection of published novels, novelettes, and poetry collections. She found writing to be a method for becoming the person she felt she was born to be. In writing her stories, Wagner was surprised and delighted to discover how real the characters become to an author; that for many writers, their characters end up as their most treasured friends. She loves to delve into them to mine their natures, secrets, and desires-to tell their stories with the legitimacy they deserve. In studying her characters, she finds she has the opportunity to shape herself, inching closer to the person she wants to become.Wagner hopes her readers feel enchanted when they read her stories. This is exactly how she feels when she finishes writing a story. She hopes that her writing might expand their minds, spirits, and worlds, and she hopes they fall in love with her characters and are moved by her artistry of language. When she isn't writing poignant works of literary fiction, Wagner works as a Director in Higher Education. In her spare time she enjoys refining her writing craft to discover new angles and landscapes that might enrich her writing palette. One such example is a recent course she took in learning to read ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, something that's sure to end up in a story at some point. Wagner lives in Rockford, Illinois, with her husband and darling cats.

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Sea of Glass

TRICIA D. WAGNER

LYRIDAE BOOKS

Contents

Sea of Glass

Also by Tricia D. Wagner

Also by Tricia D. Wagner

Also by Tricia D. Wagner

About the Author

Author’s Note

Copyright © 2020 Tricia D. Wagner

Date of publication – June 12, 2020

All rights reserved.

ISBN: 978-1-961921-13-9

Praise for Tricia D. Wagner

In Sea of Glass, Tricia D. Wagner weaves a brilliant story for the ages. I can imagine it being told by generation after generation around a fire. She is an accomplished writer and an extraordinary storyteller.

- Nick Chiarkas, author of Weepers

Wagner weaves a beautiful, heartbreaking yet hope-infused tale using enjoyably poetic writing. Imagery of the magnificent power of the sea as well as its calming beauty further enhance the story, mirroring the characters at times. It was easy to lose myself within the elegance of Wagner's prose without losing any thrill for the plot or characters.

- LT Ward

Wagner’s ability to create a setting is breathtaking. I feel like I've been to these places. Her main characters are often children, which lets her explore deep themes in a very raw, unvarnished way.

- J Bacon

Sea of Glass has a cinematic quality that allows readers to create memorable scenes that remain with them after the book is finished. I am looking forward to her next novel.

- J Kantner

To my philosopher whose every word teaches.

Every day with you is music.

And to you

who stand with me on shore,

overlooking the deep sky and water,

our wings arcing, ready for flight.

The sky where we live

is no place to lose your wings.

So love, love, love.

Hafiz

Sea of Glass

Teo tapped the last nail in the window frame and stepped back. He studied his work—tight seams. Even plumb. The pane clean and full of Baja’s blue ocean rolling behind him.

Hanging windows on shanties was heavy, hot work, and Papá griped that Teo hindered more than he helped. But in truth, Teo was getting good at this. And that was something, at just twelve.

Papá rounded the house and shooed Teo away.

Papá felt about the edges of the window.

He laid his level on top of the frame. Inspected each corner.

He found a bent nail that Teo had wedged in. You’ve damaged the wood here.

There was a knot.

There will always be knots. Papá wrenched out the nail.