Drea Waldron

“I stopped believing there was a power of good and a power of evil that were outside us. And I came to believe that good and evil are names for what people do, not for what they are.”
― Philip Pullman, The Amber Spyglass

“I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control. ”
― Jane Austen, Emma

“Dear Mr. Wedgewood,

Welcome to the Flying Rose. I hope you have settled to sea comfortably. Your lot may improve in direct proportion to your willingness. I do look forward to more of your fare. Let me lay out my proposal: You will, of a Sunday, cook for me, and me alone, the finest supper. You will neither repeat a dish nor serve foods that are in the slightest degree mundane. In return I will continue to keep you alive and well, and we may discuss an improvement of your quarters after a time. Should you balk in any fashion you will find yourself swimming home, whole or in pieces, depending upon the severity of my disappointment. How does this strike you?

In anticipation,

Capt. Hannah Mabbot”
― Eli Brown, Cinnamon and Gunpowder

“I now have some intimacy with death, and like the hops in a beer, it has both embittered and fortified me.”
― Eli Brown, Cinnamon and Gunpowder