UNSPEAKABLE Excerpt
Seven-year-old Luella gripped her younger brother Kenny’s hand with ferocious strength, running hard in the night, her arms thrashing against the tall weeds as she angled away from the flames. The burning Johnson grass surged in the wind, an angry monster, raging forward, snapping at her legs and clawing at her clothes. Her body flinched as gunshots erupted close by and bullets tore through the air. Painful screams obscured other sounds and for a moment there was an unnatural silence broken only by the echo of their ragged breathing and their feet striking the ground.