Leaving Home

A train breaks down in the snowy Polish countryside. A girl searches for a ghost from her past. Revenge backfires. On a cruise ship, paranoia strikes. Dance overcomes the barriers of language. A blackmailer makes a mistake. A pirate boy falls in love. The jungle awakes. Fairy godmother magic comes from an unexpected source. A young father leaves town. A neighbor's death reveals a dark surprise. Enjoy these and more in Leaving Home, a collection of twenty short stories, flash fiction, and travel essays by Melinda Brasher.Works included in Leaving Home have won contests and been published in Ellipsis Literature & Art, Travel Belles, THEMA, Fairytale Magazine, In the Know Traveler, and others.