An excerpt from the children's book, West of Noreaso.

The following is an excerpt from the children's book, West of Noreaso. This sample is the first page...

Approaching all Hallow’s Eve

October 31st.

The sky had been ominous all day while the children played outside with their two dogs, Jackson and Nicholas. Mother had asked them repeatedly to come inside lest they catch their death from the chilling winds blowing in off the water. "A storm is coming children. Please come in, and bring the dogs with you," she pleaded a third time.

Finally Ekim and Asil obeyed and ran into the old Victorian house, puppy dogs trailing, tongues hanging out the sides of their mouths (The dogs that is, not the children!).

Eventually the rain did come, and so mother’s warnings had been confirmed. The children sat at the front bay window watching the lightning strike and the thunder follow, while the dogs ran back and forth through the house barking at the crashes and bangs as they burst around them.

The rain was falling with an intensity Ekim and Asil had never witnessed in their 12 and 6 years, respectively. Another flash of lightning lit up the house through the large windows, just as mother struggled with her umbrella, preparing to venture outside.