Silt
# Silt The pair dropped sails around mid-afternoon, letting their skiff glide quietly that last few hundred meters into port. It was a fine craft, barely disturbing the sands it passed over, leaving two thin lines in its wake that would be washed...
The Secret of Hoyt's Farm : Chapter 1
**Chapter 1** **The Interview** "Are you sure you're up for this?" Henry Hoyt slowed his pace on the dusty dirt road that cut through the farm, speaking to the woman next to him. He was a rugged looking man. Weathered, but clean she...
Silt : Chapter Two
**Silt** **Chapter 2** Mori had never been out this far into the southern sands. Out here there were too many hazards, and too few solid places to stand on. The few rocky outcroppings that could be seen off in the distance were...
The Secret of Hoyt's Farm : Chapter 6
**Chapter 6 :** **Annabelle** The sun had dipped below the horizon, tinting the fields in a hazy blue glow as Annabelle drove past. She was the only one of the girls at Hoyt farm that knew how to drive, and Henry had given her his father's old...
The Secret of Hoyt's Farm : Chapter 2
**Chapter 2** **The Secret** "So, wait..." Cassidy said, folding her arms over her chest, "You haven't even been in the barn?" Megan shook her head. Her hair wasn't tied back yet. It parted down the middle and started off in every direction...
The Secret of Hoyt's Farm : Chapter 18
**Chapter 18 :** **Hunger** Penelope led Eli into the barn some time after one in the morning. She moved the way she always moved, with a practiced grace so smooth and confident that she almost seemed to float across the concrete floor. Eli on...
The Secret of Hoyt's Farm : Chapter 27
**Chapter 27 :** **The Broken Girls** Eli woke up before the others the next morning. He lay in bed for a few long minutes to gather his thoughts, then carefully extracted his arm from Cassidy's grasp to rise up out of bed. He...
The Secret of Hoyt's Farm : Chapter 3
**Chapter 3** **Cassidy and Eli** Megan showed up early for the evening shift a couple of days later. Not many of the girls had already arrived. Claribelle was leaning against the wall over by Henry as he washed up in the sink. Daisy and Sophie...
The Secret of Hoyt's Farm : Chapter 30
**Chapter 30 :** **Penelope's Gift** A week had passed, and things had started to calm back down. Millie wasn’t going to be completely recovered overnight, but she was improving day by day. She and Eli had bonded over...
The Secret of Hoyt's Farm : Chapter 10
**Chapter 10 :** **Rosie Deerest** "Well, I'm off to kill some fish." Rosie was headed out of the bunkhouse just a short while after the morning shift, grabbing her wide straw brimmed hat as she went. The room was big, and split into sections...
The Secret of Hoyt's Farm : Chapter 19
**Chapter 19 : ** **Stay** Cassidy had just finished showering and getting dressed, making her way to the living room to begin another day of being a lump on the couch between rounds of stuffing her face. It was about all she could manage...
The Secret of Hoyt's Farm : Chapter 9
**Chapter 9 :** **Alone Together** Henry and Megan had left on a delivery not long after the end of the late shift. It was her first time helping with a delivery of the cheese milk, and it hadn't taken as long as their normal trips did. Just...