Clifford Garstang is the author of five works of fiction including the novels Oliver’s Travels and The Shaman of Turtle Valley and the short story collections House of the Ancients and Other Stories, What the Zhang Boys Know, and In an Uncharted Country. He is also the editor of the acclaimed anthology series, Everywhere Stories: Short Fiction from a Small Planet. A former international lawyer, he lives in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.
>Oh, my. Here in the (for NC) deep freeze, the leaves shuttered on the acuba bushes, the lawn crackling with ice – spring will return! Thanks for this.
>OK, here's an editor's POV. I would have chosen a spot with more color so the change of seasons (all four) were more noticeable. But… (the editor hesitates), the subtleties of this scene are intense and demand attention. It might just work.