Rebuilding Appaloosa Plains

“I don’t know how I could have been more clear that moving to the middle of nowhere and having a baby was not a lifestyle I want,” Shaun...

Part Two: L'amour “You didn’t get her number?” Amelia huffed. “Bloody hell, Em, I thought you like this girl.” “Uh, well— I didn’t say...

Part One: Bienvenue Emery stirred as the taxi came to a stop. The sun was bright and harsh to her tired eyes. She’d fallen asleep on the...

Matthew and Dorothy continued to live at their parents’ houses for another year while their ranch was being built. As much as they knew...

It was an evening at the Falls like any other. Matthew sat by the water’s edge reading a book, waiting to see if Aasifa would visit. He...

Emery’s home was tucked amidst the trees, towards the back of her lot. She wanted it as close to the path to Cinnamon Crest Falls as...

Content warning: Mild coarse language and a suggestive scene. “Now that is a bridge!” Ryker said proudly, marvelling at his colorful...

It was a beautiful day: sunny but not too warm. The summer heat was still a few weeks away. Aria was comfortable in her burgundy cardigan...

Ryker stood at his father’s telescope in the cool, crisp early morning air with an eye glued to the eyepiece. He had a particular...

The snow had melted, but the wind still carried a harsh chill and the trees had barely begun to bud. Despite the cold, Bridget and Emery...

Dorothy followed Matthew up his snow-covered street. He wanted to go skating on the pond at Cinnamon Crest Falls like they had as kids....

Matthew felt on top of the world. Dorothy agreed to be his totally-official-and-everything girlfriend. At exactly 13-years old he’d had...

Emery looked out over the water and listened to the waterfall crash into the surface. The view would usually calm her down, but today she...

If you’d told 20-year-old Altman that he’d grow old farming and teaching toddlers to walk and talk, he wouldn’t have believed you. Back...

Rukiya Shabani glanced out the window as the taxi pulled up to their destination. It had been an unseasonably hot and humid spring day in...

In the early morning light, with her dad all to herself, Emery cast her line and patiently wait for a nibble. She enjoyed the soft sounds...

Bridget rubbed the sleep from her eyes, hoping the plastic over the insulation had kept any harmful dust out of her eyes and lungs as she...

Now the proud resident of the first single detached home built after the clear-out, Bridget didn’t waste any time in setting up her own...

It was a strange sight, such an empty landscape save but one large Victorian manor house. Bridget Tevellyn was standing on the edge of...

The place was a ghost town. Despite its breath-taking locale, Appaloosa Plains had become a shadow of what it once was. The residents of...