It's so fresh and clear, out here on the ice. I feel so free. There's no one around, for as far as I can see.

The cold is crisp, bracing, and the ice on the lake is unbelievably clear. Not  the sort of transparent clarity that makes it untrustworthy - a thick, wavy, distorted sort of clarity that tells me the ice is strong. Under it the lake is ( Read more... )

"Good night, baby," the mother said to her child, stepping out of the room and turning off the light. "Sleep tight."

Bobbi Ann hugged Leelee Lamb tighter. Leelee Lamb wasn't scared. Leelee was big and soft and ready to fight. In the darkness, Bobbi Ann reached for all of them. There was Burgundy, a bear almost as big as Bobbi herself, but not ( Read more... )