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It was close to midnight when Mom and I entered the Hemming Natural History Museum. Coming through the...
There was no telling how long I’d been soaring circles over miles of evergreen forest and thrashing gray...
“My mother told me to hang out here while she’s working.” Dixon’s voice echoed down the hall and clear...
The summer I lived on the ranch, Grandpa found newborn mice in the wall. When he’d pulled apart the insulation...
Grandpa used to sing this Lightnin’ Hopkins song called Black Ghost Blues. In it, Lightnin’ is haunted...
On my way to the lit-up barn, I crossed a meadow twinkling with lightning bugs, a sleeping bag under...
I’d made it all the way to Dinosaur Valley. But now, after squeezing under the barbed wire fence that...
I sat in my black dress with ruffly cap sleeves, surrounded by sympathy cards and flowers, waiting for...
Last night was too weird to be real. But when I woke up on the couch in the barn with scratches on my...
“What I’m about to tell you will be hard to hear.” I recited my confession in the bathroom mirror, trying...
I stood in the middle of the new exhibit, Pine’s soulshine glowing in my chest. The zig-zagging hall...
I tore off my blindfold, shoved through the paleo lab door, and stumbled out into Trinity Hall. In the...
We rode home from the party in the dark. I was too scared to break the silence. Mom parked in front of...
I trailed into the mudroom behind my mom, who was lugging two heavy guitar cases at once. “Please don’t...
“He should come along any minute now,” I said to Pine. We’d been staking out the dried-up creek bed for...
Mom leaned against the kitchen counter with a hand over her mouth like she was deep in thought. But the...
“Get dressed,” Mom said, shaking me out of sleep. “We’re leaving.” I rubbed my eyes and found her sitting...
We skipped breakfast and went straight into getaway mode. I loaded my suitcase into the back of the 4Runner...
Mom called Dr. Jacobs and put her on speaker phone to join our round table. When I described the feather...
When I opened the door to the hotel suite, Mom gasped. “You’re soaked.” I didn’t even respond. Just ducked...
Dr. Jacobs drove right by a no trespassing sign to get to the old limestone quarry where Mom and Dad...
Pine’s battle scars closed up after his first triple cheeseburger, which he ate lying down in the back...
That night, I dreamed about a clutch of light-blue eggs with brown speckles, nestled safe in a scoop...
We waited for Boyfriend to poof and went back to the house—and as soon as I opened the door, I heard...
When I told everybody about our date with Crow at the chapel, we all agreed on one thing. It was totally...
Boyfriend snapped awake at my feet. His golden eye caught the moonlight, and fourteen claws scraped the...
I hid my face in my hands, holding in a scream behind clammy palms. Blood roared in my ears like Niagra...
Nuke swooped out of the purple morning sky and landed by the truck, galloping to a stop in front of me....
Acrocanthosaurus plowed out of the Hemming’s front lawn. It shook green layers of sod off its humpback...
I woke up sprawled on my back, feeling like a crumpled soda can—drained dry and stomped flat. Something...
“Anybody worth bringing back is already in a better place.” I knelt in the grass growing...