When I first met Michael, he helped me out. I had been falsely accused of theft and I’d been forced to take refuge in the stockroom of the hostel I’d been working for. A mob was after me, people I knew, who believed the accusation. It was...
I’m Sinéad O’Flanagan, I’m twenty-four and I’m a midwife. I came here to Chicago last year. It was Wednesday 15th July 1925. I will never forget that day, because as I enter the States, I could have as well been slapped onto the moon. Nothing...
GIVE IN TO THE FEELING Chicago 1924 When Susie dances with Blood in Simon’s speakeasy, she discovers there’s a new world beyond the things she owns and the things she’s allowed to do. Blood values her thoughts, her feelings and offers his respect...
I’m Sinéad O’Flanagan, I’m twenty-four and I’m a midwife. I came here to Chicago last year. It was Wednesday 15th July 1925. I will never forget that day, because as I enter the States, I could have as well been slapped onto the moon...
The Bonecaster’s Coin Just for the fun of it cover Chicago, 1926 When Michael sees his brother Blood sprint away through the streets of the Black Belt, he doesn’t question. He just follows him. The two brothers find Sinéad cornered in a...
When she entered the room, light welcomed her. She closed the door behind her and walked in, her steps silent on the polar bear hide spread on the floor. She took her wrap off and let it fall on the puff armchair standing with its twin and a...
I’ve never meant to write Ghost Trilogy. When I started toying around with this project, it was merely meant to be a short story. I wanted to write a story set in a speakeasy (I’ve always liked old black and white movies and all that setting)...
BLOOD There are always voices calling and I’ll always listen The world is changing so fast it is unsettling. This city of Chicago is the most puzzling place I’ve ever visited. Full of people. Full of noise. It’s hard to listen with all this noise...
MICHAEL I should have known better than to think my will alone would shape my life I’ve always known why I was born and as a young man I willingly chose to follow that path. The path every man should tread, that of defending our people, with our...
SIMON The dreams fueled my desires and I follow them willingly The world is changing so fast it is unsettling. I remember plains of grass extending to the horizon. The sound of the wind swishing among the long green blades. An untamed river...
SUSIE When I dance to jazz music, I feel free It’s the weirdest of things, thinking about that life now. It feels like a dream, a sweet dream, sometimes. But so far away that I’m not even sure it was ever my life. I know it will never be again. I...
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