Centennial Novels & Stories

Grown-ups are talking. I clear my throat and drop our family name: “I told you, I am Kent, Kent Huron. Our family funds the Huron conference that you will be joining tomorrow. We are setting up a new job position——a Huron Science professorship for new PhD graduates, so we fund a conference to take a look at you guys’ work. I assume you are interested in applying for the opening?”

She couldn’t even imagine it. The town was celebrating the tercentennial of its charter date later that summer, and the lighthouse was closing in on its bicentennial, so the idea had been to link the two together and celebrate their history and heritage at the same time. But the Cove as a whole was well north of the standard tourist trade, and neither a restored lighthouse nor their little town celebrations, no matter how important or historic, were going to bring a crush of outsiders, certainly not long enough to warrant permanent traffic signs. She said as much to Barbara.

Cordelia Blackwell I stared at the tombstone of Jeanette McConnel, and I read the epitaph engraved on the stone. “A loving mother and a precious servant of nature.” My eyes narrowed when I saw the date of her death, “1960.” “You found her?” His voice startled me.

Chapter 8 Hannah's POV The news of the annual corporate party hit the 12th floor like a lightning strike. In a building made of glass and cold calculations, the "Cromwell Legacy Gala" was the only night where the hierarchy supposedly blurred—though everyone knew it was just a more expensive stage for the same power plays. The announcement appeared on every monitor in the building at exactly 9:00 AM. A sleek, animated invitation in gold and black: A Legacy of Excellence. Join us at the Grand Ballroom for the Annual Corporate Gala.

The pain in my chest was already at the maximum with worry about our pups, but to know that some women and children perished only made this nightmare truly horrific. Still, I had to choke all this down because Phoenix was a killing machine that no one could get close to. I wouldn’t let anyone get close to her. This was the retribution she needed and then we’d deal with this ‘Eden.’ I watched with bated breath to witness this piece of shit be sent to hell.