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Chasing June
A short story that explores the frightening (and often wonderful) things that can happen after disturbing the dust that has settled across life as it’s always been.
Annie Ames returns to her childhood hometown to begin a project with her lifelong friend, Justin: a book documenting the romantic folklore surrounding the legend of Amos Hargrove, the town founder. But no one likes the fact that she’s “disturbing the dust”—rifling through old memories and a more than century-old legend. When Annie visits Mary, the town’s oldest resident, she opens an old trunk—and along with a treasured antique wedding shawl, discovers life-altering truths about her feelings for her closest friend…and about the legend of Amos Hargrove and his sweetheart, Finley.
Chasing June is part of the Forever Finley Short Story Cycle, a series of stand-alone short stories releasing once a month throughout 2016. Previous releases in the cycle include: Come Decmeber, January Thaw, Forget February, Dearest March…, April’s Promise, and Mayday Mayday Mayday.
Annie Ames returns to her childhood hometown to begin a project with her lifelong friend, Justin: a book documenting the romantic folklore surrounding the legend of Amos Hargrove, the town founder. But no one likes the fact that she’s “disturbing the dust”—rifling through old memories and a more than century-old legend. When Annie visits Mary, the town’s oldest resident, she opens an old trunk—and along with a treasured antique wedding shawl, discovers life-altering truths about her feelings for her closest friend…and about the legend of Amos Hargrove and his sweetheart, Finley.
Chasing June is part of the Forever Finley Short Story Cycle, a series of stand-alone short stories releasing once a month throughout 2016. Previous releases in the cycle include: Come Decmeber, January Thaw, Forget February, Dearest March…, April’s Promise, and Mayday Mayday Mayday.
30 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 29, 2016
About the author
Holly Schindler
53 books309 followersHolly Schindler’s work has received starred reviews in Booklist and Publishers Weekly, has won silver and gold medals in ForeWord Reviews Book of the Year and the IPPY Awards, respectively, has been featured on Booklist’s Best First Novels for Youth and School Library Journal’s What’s Hot in YA, and has been a PW Pick of the Week. She can usually be found consuming large quantities of coffee and working on her next book. She can also be found at hollyschindler.com.
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June 9, 2016
Justin and Annie are joining forces again. This time they want to write a book about the town of Finley. The only problem is that people who once talked freely about their experiences with the ghost of Amos Hargrove and his search for his love Finley, are no longer free with their stories. It appears that nobody wants the specialness of Finley to be passed on to others outside of their town.
This is the 7th installment of the Forever Finley Short Story Cycle. I've loved all of them and can't wait for each month to come for a new installment. We were introduced to Justin and Annie in another installment so it was fun catching up with them and learning another piece of the puzzle that makes the town of Finley so special.
This is the 7th installment of the Forever Finley Short Story Cycle. I've loved all of them and can't wait for each month to come for a new installment. We were introduced to Justin and Annie in another installment so it was fun catching up with them and learning another piece of the puzzle that makes the town of Finley so special.
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