Carthage, Illinois
As a lot of you know, I grew up in the “real” Carthage, Illinois, the same small […]
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Many authors listen to music while they write, and I’m no exception. In fact, I’ve just […]
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Alejandro Torres loved spring in Malinalco, Mexico, the small resort town he’d lived in his entire 72 years on this planet. The daytime temperature in the Spring rarely got above 25° Celsius, while the nights cooled to around 10°. He’d periodically traveled through Mexico and even into the United States and Canada, but this was still his favorite spot on Earth. He was going to miss it.

— A Pattern of Shadows, chapter 31