Sample 2 — The Crossing

Sample fiction — replace this chapter with your finished story.

Goldie tied a ribbon to the doorway so they could find it again. Hedgy carried a flashlight. Spaz carried nothing, which he insisted was a strategy. Together they crossed into the second room and found their own footprints already marked in dust.

The clock on the wall ticked backward. From somewhere upstairs came a laugh that sounded exactly like Spaz, only older. Goldie reached for the ribbon. It still led back to their door. On the other side, somebody pulled it gently toward them.