Wings of the Dragonfly

By Robert Daicy

The Wings of the Dragonfly is a book of four novellas ranging from suspense to drama and even a few things in between."The Cabin on Lake Echo," sees a writer named Edward Couture take a break from his family to write the new novel that he has long put off. The cabin on the lake is idyllic and yet Edward finds that he is having trouble coming up with ideas. When he starts to find terrible stories on his computer each day that he has no recollection of writing, Edward knows something is amiss with the cabin."The Journey of Edgar J. Moorehead," shows the title figure as a young man with big dreams and a new fianc?e. As often happens, life does not go as Edgar plans and the death of his father leaves him needing to work on the farm to make ends meet. Life is funny, however, and Edgar goes on a journey few would believe in this strange, but warm story.In "The Death of Dreams," Joshua Coburn starts having bizarre dreams night after night in which he awakes just as his dream self is about to die. The stress of the nightmares starts to take its toll on Joshua and he fears the very thought of going to bed.Natasha Jackman is the only African American girl in her mid-twentieth century Maine high school and she has a crush on Corey, one of the popular boys in "Where the Cold Wind Blows." Much to Natasha's surprise, Corey likes her back and they meet in the woods behind their house for make-out sessions whenever they can. It is during one of these sessions that Corey's friends discover the couple to disastrous results.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1505557410
• ISBN13: 9781505557411
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 1.0" x 5.5"