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Bonnie Randall
2 days ago6 min read
Little Toy Trains, Little Toy Tracks
Jonah’s cuff bit into a fresh bruise on his arm, but he was reluctant to push the sleeve back. His hoodie’s funk was already hitting his...
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Bonnie Randall
Nov 264 min read
Cradle of Love - A Chapter Excerpt from Shadow Valley Book II
The last time he’d left Pretty’s front door he’d taken every back road he could find, hoping he might get lost. Postponing the inevitable...
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Bonnie Randall
Nov 154 min read
"A Little Respect" Excerpt from Shadow Valley, Book II
This scene is one of the first I wrote for this novel, a bitchy catfight which, originally in a different setting, was an exchange I...
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Bonnie Randall
Oct 303 min read
A Halloween Excerpt from Shadow Valley Book II
Fifteen Pretty Candace Seever, died in her sleep. Greg Isley, accidental gunshot wound (had been drinking, thought gun was...
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Bonnie Randall
Sep 1910 min read
There Must Be An Angel - An Excerpt Chapter From Shadow Valley Book II, The Soulmate's Shadow (work-in-progress)
*Author's Note: As this excerpt begins, Owen had been gathering Pretty's insight about her old high school classmate, and friend, Vincent...
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Bonnie Randall
Dec 22, 20237 min read
Serving Up Mashed Potatoes For ChristmasA Shadow Valley Short Story
When Rob had designed Sabrina’s house, it was in accordance to her strict specifications—which in no way resembled the designer suits and...
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Bonnie Randall
May 9, 20232 min read
Who Is The Shadow Collector?
The Shadow Collector may not be my first novel, but it is certainly my oldest novel. Sort of. I began writing seriously, for publication,...
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Bonnie Randall
Jan 2, 20233 min read
Top 10 Reads of 2022
A lofty goal of 75 books in one year was hijacked by finishing my own novel, which will release sometime in the spring of 2023, BUT! ...
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Bonnie Randall
May 4, 202240 min read
Hatlen James & The Clapping Man
Author's Note: Once again I have employed The Red Brick as setting for my favourite short story. Edson residents might recognize Edson,...
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Bonnie Randall
May 3, 202219 min read
JAZZ & ROAR
Inspiration is everywhere and most certainly lives in the most storied building in my little town. The Red Brick, once a school, now...
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Bonnie Randall
Mar 8, 202232 min read
Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight
“Humor me,” Mabel’s physician, Everett, had said, insisting that she ‘At least take the tour!’ of the senior’s lodge. “You seem to think...
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Bonnie Randall
Jan 1, 20226 min read
Top 10 Reads, 2021
If ever a year existed when a dive into fiction was far preferable to reality, 2021 was it. (Although 2020 nipped hard at its heels, and...
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Bonnie Randall
Aug 2, 202121 min read
There’s A Cottage In The Ferns
Hattie never had much imagination, was never one to sneak or get into trouble, so that day, when she side-eyed me all sketchy and said,...
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Bonnie Randall
May 9, 20214 min read
C*VID Fatigue & Protracted Trauma
C*VID Fatigue is a phenomenon that's happening because we have been immersed in a traumatic event, with multiple losses, for well over...
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Bonnie Randall
Mar 30, 20207 min read
Just Paint Your Toenails
Warning: this counseling session is not going to coddle you.
Quality counseling sessions should never coddle you. After all, good therapy
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Bonnie Randall
Jan 23, 20203 min read
Top 5 Reads, 2019
Every year I challenge myself to read a variety of genres, yet every year a theme nonetheless emerges, and I will have gravitated to one...
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Bonnie Randall
Dec 23, 201916 min read
Divining Him ~ A Secrets & Shadows Short Story
After the very first rough draft of Within The Summit's Shadow was reviewed by my beta readers, one resounding criticism was consistent...
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Bonnie Randall
Dec 21, 20195 min read
A Solstice Meditation For Anyone Who Needs It
Today the horizon will swallow the sun early, plunging us into the darkest night of the year. How symbolic it is: a blackened day of...
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Bonnie Randall
Dec 18, 20192 min read
An Elizabeth McBrien Christmas Concert
As a kid, she was a prodigy and today she remains a virtuoso. Elizabeth McBrien, heroine of Within The Summit's Shadow, the second...
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Bonnie Randall
Dec 18, 20192 min read
An Elizabeth McBrien Christmas Concert
As a kid, she was a prodigy and today she remains a virtuoso. Elizabeth McBrien, heroine of Within The Summit's Shadow, the second...
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