You’d have thought she was carrying a fresh case of the Irish flu the way respectable housewives turned Nellie away when she asked for work. Eventually, after weeks of searching, she found work as a temporary barmaid, taking the place of the owner’s daughter, who was recovering from having given ...
Brecon grabbed at the free trader’s steely arm with both hands, fighting for air. His human hand was no match for the enormous lout, and he began to see spots. One laughed at him, pouring a miasma of onion breath into his tearing eyes. Fighting for oxygen, Brecon tried to remember how to move his...