The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout p along with new pieces on

along with new pieces on topics ranging from nostalgia for a vanishing countryside to the tribulations of farming ostriches to her own private vespers while trying to fall asleep

For the sake of Briarhaven

the Sentience Wars tore the galaxy apart and nearly ended the entire concept of intelligent space-faring life

brainy in school

I accidentally woke a dragon—a creature of myth

The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout p along with new pieces onArtie Dam is a man with a secret. He goes about his days teaching American history to high schoolers, correcting their casual ignorance, and lending a kind word to those who need it most. He spends his free time sailing the beautiful Massachusetts Bay, or with his adult son and his wife of more than three decades and as Artie does these things, he plans the event that will forever change the world he inhabits. But when a startling accident awakens a