“Get out. Never come back to my kingdom. Taxes will
be due at the end of the month, as they always are.”
The farmer left and I groaned. My father’s greed was
going to get him killed, and it looked like it would happen sooner than I
thought. I started constructing a plan to clean up this mess. There was always
a way to fight greed with kindness… and stealth.
Jedes patted me on the arm. “I will go unpack your
bag.”
Rain Oxford is a middle school teacher who is compelled to spend every
free moment writing. The Asian-influenced cultures she creates were inspired by
Japan, where she attended Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto on an exchange
program. She does most of her writing in a secluded cabin in the woods, with a
four-pound Maltese as a companion. When she’s not teaching or creating worlds,
she usually enjoys cooking, playing the piano, or photographing exotic
wildlife.