First Pages: Esmeralda and the Breeze
Esmeralda and the Breeze is the third short story to be found in An Anthology of Those Who Walk Among Us . It is also available as a stand-alone short story. Esmeralda and the Breeze: is a short story in the magic realism genre centered around a young woman finding her place in a world that largely rejects her. Esmeralda and the Breeze is available as part of An Anthology of Those Who Walk Among Us , and also as a stand alone title at Smashwords , Kobo , Kindle , iTunes , and Nook. First Page: Esmeralda and the Breeze Esmeralda sat upon the front step of her veranda. She sat and looked over her front garden, across the white-washed palings of her fence and past the pond on the village green. She sat and stared at the forest beyond. Her mother and father were worried about the way their young daughter sat and stared, for Esmeralda would stare at the forest for at least two hours each morning. She would sit and stare as the other children passed by the house o...