Hospitality

The early dusk of November was seeping over the land when a bend in the road brought before him a well-set two-story house. One room was already warm with candlelight, and the glow of it came out to the night like a friendly hand. Jared reined up at the door. The Gray One, used to……

Coming Home

Jared took three days for his journey into New Hampshire, three days over the winding roads. The clean fields, lying fallow for next spring’s planting, offered him the satisfaction of familiarity; but when the road began to climb and the fields gave place to woodlands and the bare trees to the deep green of the……

The World Beyond Home

In a last glance, Jared saw the twisted shapes of the apple trees before the house; over the hill he saw the thin spiral of smoke from the Thaxter’s chimney. Those things were home, and his heart felt a pang of longing at leaving them; but he had learned early to steel himself against bodily……