Linda Sammaritan

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“Stranger Danger” by Linda Sammaritan

Submitted to Contest #242

“Howdy, little pardner, are you lost?”The man’s voice comes out of nowhere in the buzz of the crowd. It scares me.His big face comes too close. Scruffy gray beard. Squinty eyes. A yellow-teeth smile. Something brown is stuck between two of them near the corner of his mouth. His breath stinks. Like a skunk that’s been dead for a long time. But not as bad as when Dad ran over one. The smell stayed with us until the tires finally scraped it all off onto the road.My own eyes get squinty as I search for Dad. He was just here. We were standin...

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Linda Sammaritan writes realistic fiction, mostly for kids ages ten to fourteen. She has completed a middle grade trilogy, World Without Sound, based on her own experiences growing up with a deaf sister. Book One, Reaching Into Silence, was a Carol Awards semi-finalist, an ACFW Genesis Contest semi-finalist, and a First Impressions Finalist. She is also the author of several stories found in anthologies, the most recent of which is “Benediction” in Good Tidings, A Christmas Anthology, a Selah Awards finalist. Linda had always figured she’d teach teens and tweens until school authorities presented her with a retirement wheelchair and rolled her out the door. However, God changed those plans when He gave her a growing passion for writing fiction. In May of 2016, she blew goodbye kisses to her students and dedicated her work hours to becoming an author. A wife, mother of three, and grandmother to eight, Linda regales the youngest grandchildren with “Nona Stories,” tales of her childhood. Maybe one day those stories will be in picture books! Where Linda can be found on the web: www.lindasammaritan.com www.facebook.com/lindasammaritan www.twitter.com/LindaSammaritan www.instagram.com/lindasammaritan