Excerpt from the story “Veiled Interlude”:

“Their brief time slipped away like birds dissolving in flight. As the wind increased, a window pane rattled like soft, tapping fingers in the night. Their candle formed glowing pools at its base, pools that would soon strangle the now-diminishing flame. He stared as the flame’s reflection danced on her smooth flesh.”

Excerpt from the poem “Setting Sail”:

Finally free from plumb lines and
No longer tempted by love or hate,
I am born once again
In each awakening of the sun.