With Expression

by Heather Ormsby

In this short story, fourteen-year-old pianist, Katherine Browning, is preparing for a piano competition. She loves music and the poetry of sound, but she misses spending time with friends. The stress of the competition and her coming entry into high school will cause her to choose between devoting her life to music or to living a more normal life.

11 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 1, 2013

About the author

Heather Ormsby lives in Denver, Colorado. A former library supervisor, she has spent most of her working life surrounded by books and likes it that way. Her current day job is in Visitor Operations at the Denver Art Museum. She spends the rest of her time as a writer, photographer, and artist. She primarily writes mysteries and literary fiction, though she dabbles in fantasy and horror, sometimes under different pen names. When she isn't writing, she spends her time hiking in the Rocky Mountains, working in the garden, or traveling the world with her camera in hand.

You can find links to her books and photography at HeatherOrmsby.com. Her ebooks can be found on Smashwords, Kindle, Nook, iBook Store, and other online retailers.