Christie Walker Bos worked as a journalist for more than twenty years before turning to fiction. She now writes novels and short stories, with a particular fondness for dialogue and humor.
A friend presses a sign reading “Go back to Hobbiton” onto her shirt as kids call her names like Shrimp and Oompa Loompa, the paper tugging each time she moves.
A door swings open to the dark, the girl urging speed while her brother fumbles with his jacket. Night air gathers around them, the sky holding its quiet pattern just...
