Read my short short story, Walking to School at my website www.authorsden.com/laurellamperd  excerpt below

The rain, which her mother said would hold off, didn’t. It came on an angle, striking her eight year old legs like a thousand little whips.

She looked desolate, a bundle of red trudging along the dirt road. Her long raincoat, two sizes too big, protected her brown skirt and jumper but not her shoes and socks as she squelched in the mud, avoiding the puddles appearing magically before her.

The car stopped: a black car with grey blinds at the little square-shaped windows. She especially noted the little fringes on the blinds. Even after the vehicle had stopped, the little fringes still danced.

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Download my novel, Crossroads at Isca, from www.smashwords.com

Set in Roman Britain, Crossroads at Isca is the story of two British girls whose lives are changed forever when they meet two young Roman tribunes from the great Roman fort on the plain.