Hare’s Breath, by Maria Haskins

1947, Västerbotten, Sweden It’s Midsummer’s Eve and even this close to midnight there’s no darkness, only a long, translucent dusk that will eventually slip into dawn. Britt and I are fifteen, and she has just come back from That Place, the one the adults won’t talk about even when they think I’m not listening. Something’s … Continue reading Hare’s Breath, by Maria Haskins