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The girl in the photo on her wall blinked. Ava froze mid-step, sloshing tea across the carpet. Her eyes locked on the frame. The image looked the same: rusted gold trim, a colourful yet faded garden, a swing dangling from nowhere. And the girl, maybe eight, with porcelain skin, green eyes, a dirty pinkish-red dress, and corkscrew curls.
She hadn’t taken the photo. She didn’t know the child. The image came with the antique frame she found at the estate sale in Chester. An impulse buy, half curiosity and half unease. But the moment she held it, something clicked. Like déjà vu. Like recognition. She’d only bought it because of the rustic gold edging.
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Heather
Heather is a Canadian writer with a flair for the whimsical, the heartfelt, and the occasionally chilling. She writes thrillers, historical fiction, and middle grade stories, often fueled by ocean air and a very opinionated cat who believes the desk belongs to her. Her work has been published in the indie magazine Writer's Carnival, and she’s happiest when weaving tales that make readers laugh, gasp, or stay up way too late. She lives on the east coast of Canada with her family and her feline supervisor.
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