We laid down a concrete vapor barrier to protect against the powerful minerals in the ground.
The sink hole was caused by water run off over many years and so we came up with a new way to direct the water.
We laid down a concrete vapor barrier to protect against the powerful minerals in the ground.
The sink hole was caused by water run off over many years and so we came up with a new way to direct the water.
When
Annabelle flees her abusive husband and moves into an 1860's farmhouse, she
soon learns that she is not alone; she shares her home with Christian, the
ghost of a poet who killed himself in 1917. Christian, wanting nothing but
solitude, tries to scare Annabelle away, but once they come together while she
is dreaming, they fall in love. The clock is ticking for Christian, for moments
after his hanging his fiance magically cursed his spirit to be stuck on earth
for one hundred years, and his time is almost up.
With
Annabelle's ex threatening her and the spirit she has fallen in love with on
the verge of disappearing, Annabelle becomes obsessed with staying with
Christian, and will do anything to be with him.
Being
in love with a ghost is bad enough, but for Annabelle, discovering that her
true love will be crossing over at any moment pushes her over the edge of
reckless behavior.
Publisher:
Black Rose Writing
ISBN-10:
1684339402
ISBN-13:
978-1684339402
ASIN:
B09NXMRHV2
Print
length: 163 pages
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About the Author
Amy
S Cutler, author of A Shadow of Love
earned her master’s degree in Creative Writing from Goddard College. Most
recently she was published in Slut Vomit:
An Anthology of Sex Work and featured in the Tales to Terrify Podcast,
among others. Her writing focus is suspense, horror, science fiction, and ghost
stories. She can be contacted through AmysHippieHut.com. You can also follow her on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
Bracken’s
Story
I found a starving feral kitten out in the blackberry bushes and brought him home, fed him, gave him medical care, loved him, and named him Bracken since he had come from the blackberry bush. The kitten adopted me as his person. The problem was I already had another cat and she did not welcome the competition. She hunted and terrorized little Bracken.
The more he was afraid, the more he acted like prey. The more he acted like prey the more her predator instincts kicked in to hunt him.
As Bracken grew he became much bigger and stronger than the female cat, but she had already trained him to be afraid and cower to her.
I worked with Bracken, building up his self-esteem. I made sure my other cat saw him playing with and hunting toys. He was acting like a predator and not prey.
Sometimes, especially if one has lived in an environment of fear for so long, people can start to act like prey. Unfortunately, there are people out there who are also predators. They usually hunt the meek and gentle. They exploit the wonderful qualities about them such as tolerance, patience, the ability to see the potential in someone, forgiveness, and loyalty.
As I have worked with victims of domestic violence, child abuse, and human trafficking I have seen the same behavior patterns of predator and prey. I have also seen the results of working with people to build up their self-esteem, help them to control fear, and learn to comfortably be assertive.
I have also seen victims testify against their perpetrators and they stand boldly and speak with strength. Then after the court hearing they collapse on the courtroom floor and need to be carried out. Some people have said it helps to pretend to be an actor or actress, carry a picture of a warrior and visualize themselves as strong.
Grey rock method has also helped many people that have abusers with personality disorders who attempt to feed off of fear and emotion. It is helpful for victims to discover ways to make themselves an unappealing target, to not give abusers the energy of fear to relish in, to avoid contact or make contact so uninteresting that the predator must go somewhere else for their yummy snack.
Not all humans are humane. Not all of us are the same, meaning just because you would react with compassion and understanding doesn’t mean that everyone else will.