Rose McKenney

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“What Does the Hawk Say?” by Rose McKenney

Submitted to Contest #193

The Twins   The sun was sinking, going to bed for the night, and Alora wished she could do the same, but there were other plans in the works for her. There was no turning back from the path laid before her. Her brother had worked too hard to get her into The Academy; she couldn’t back down now.  Even as this thought occurred to her, there was a loud, “smack” against the frosty glass of her third-floor window. She jumped at the sound; she found that she was often jumpy these days. Peering out, she saw a red-tailed hawk who h...

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I am a high school English teacher who has had a passion for reading and writing since I was very young. I have mostly written poems and memoirs, but just recently delved into short stories, and what will hopefully become chapters of a novel.