Karen Frederick is an avid reader, active runner and teacher. She has converted her lifelong joy of reading into a commitment to teach the very young to read and write. Her stories have appeared in Scriblerus, The Paragon Press, The Evening Street Review and the Book Smugglers Den.
Sometimes she thought it must be loneliness that made her see things. She could see the dark lord’s face peering down from the clock tower on top of the courthouse. His red eyes followed her. No matter how tightly she closed her