Jenny Plague-Bringer: (Jenny Pox #4) (57 page)

“When are you going to have another one?” June asked Seth, while smiling at the baby
in her lap. “How many you gonna have?  Four?  Five?”

“Um,” Seth said. “So, those ribs look great, huh?”

They ate outside at the table, leaving little Miriam in her car seat, where she seemed
happiest.  They ate the smoky ribs and corn, cole slaw, cornbread, green beans cooked
with fatback.  Jenny truly felt at home.

Later, Seth and Jenny walked out to the driveway to watch the sunset burn down through
the trees.  Seth held little Miriam against his shoulder, humming to her.

“You think we ever get to go where they go?” Jenny asked, watching the light fade.
“After we die,  I mean?”

“Where everyone goes, you mean?  All the normal people?”

“Yeah.  We can find each other between lives, just floating around out there in empty
space, but where does everyone else go?  Somewhere different?  Do you think we’ll
ever get to move on?  Like in some future lifetime, after you die, you’re not just
waiting and watching between lives, but there’s someone there to meet you...or a door
to someplace else where we’ve never been...”

“I guess we’ll see,” Seth said. “I don’t want to go anytime soon.”

“Me, neither.” Jenny kissed the Miriam’s cheek, which only seemed to annoy the baby.

“Do you think she’s like us?” Seth asked. “Will she have some strange power she can
use to terrorize us when she’s a toddler?”

“I hope not, for her sake,” Jenny said. “I hope there’s nothing supernatural about
her at all.”

She looked up at Seth, his kind blue eyes, his strong arms holding their small child. 
She felt so much love for them she thought she might burst.  She was grateful that
she got to be with him until the end of time.

She rose up and kissed him softly on the lips.

“I love you,” Jenny said. “Forever.”

The End

On Nook:

Jenny Pox

Tommy Nightmare

Alexander Death

Jenny Plague-Bringer

See more J.L. Bryan books on Nook

Instead of a regular “About the Author” page, I just wanted to leave a note for you,
the reader.  Your support successfully convinced me to continue Jenny’s story beyond
the first book.  I really enjoyed writing this fourth book, reconnecting with the
characters, and bringing the storyline around full circle, even including Ashleigh
and Alexander again, though in a different form.

If you’ve enjoyed this series, I hope that you will help tell others about it or add
a review of
Jenny Pox
or
Jenny Plague-Bringer
to your favorite ebook store.  Books live and die on the word of mouth of readers,
and I think there are many more people out there who would enjoy the story but haven’t
heard of it yet.

I invite you to connect with me online for updates, giveaways, and new books, and
here are some links for that (I spend a ridiculous amount of time goofing off on Twitter):

www.jlbryanbooks.com

@jlbryanbooks on
Twitter

J.L. Bryan’s Books on
Facebook

My newer series, Songs of Magic, are all-ages books, really inspired by the birth
of my son, and by the need to write something my young nephews and niece would finally
be allowed to read!  They are lighter, funnier books, and I hope you’ll try them. 
The first one is usually either free or ninety-nine cents:

The Songs of Magic series

On Nook
:

Fairy Metal Thunder

Fairy Blues

Fairystruck

Fairyland

I have another project in mind for 2013 that I think will appeal to the readers who
enjoyed
Jenny Pox
—it has elements of horror, paranormal, romance, and historical fiction, as well as
teenage characters.  It’s a story I first wrote several years ago, but I’ll be writing
a new version of it from scratch.  I can tell you that the name of the novel will
be
Megido
, and it will take place in a remote town in a particularly hellish part of the Texas
desert.

That’s all the news for now!  Thanks for reading!

-J.L. Bryan

October 13, 2012