Love and Magick, A Short Story Double Feature (5 page)

Jas

I took a deep breath.

"Are you okay?" Chelsea called from the
kitchen.

"Oh, yeah. I'm fine. It’s--you know."

"I understand. It's been hard for the whole
family. Did you know my sister well?"

"I did. Yes. We became close before she
passed."

She motioned to the box on the table. "We
found this box in her room. I have no idea what to do with it. I
wasn't sure if she meant the whole box to go to you, or just the
card. You're welcome to take a look and see if you would like to
keep anything from it."

Inside the box I recognized a couple of
souvenirs I had bought for Jasmine at the beach. And then my hand
was drawn to a folded piece of white linen. I took it from the box
and began to lay it out.

"What is it?" Chelsea asked, standing next
to me now.

I unfolded the fabric, and as I did,
appearing more with each motion was the familiar face of the Blue
Moon Monday. I gasped. Then laughed.

"It’s beautiful. Do you want it?" asked
Chelsea.

I almost didn't hear her as the realization
of it all drowned out everything else. "No. No, you should keep it.
I already have one."

About the
Author
s

Chelsea Morgan Clark lives in Marin County,
California, in a small town called Sausalito. When not writing or
reading she can usually be found on horseback. She began writing at
the age of thirty-one when a radical change occurred in her life.
She has never looked back.

Andrew Michael Schwarz lives in Narnia.

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