This short story of Bette and Holden takes place directly after Stars on Fire, a few months before All the Yellow Posies opens in August 1919. “Cherry pie.” The elderly bookkeeper squinted his eyes narrowly at the five-foot girl at the desk. “Wrong.” He dropped his eyes back to his newspaper. “What do you mean, […]

This short story is meant to be read in conjunction with All the Yellow Posies. Chapter 29—it’s the end of 1924. While Dane and Lou are smitten in Paris, planning their Christmas Eve trip to Notre Dame, nearly five thousand miles across the ocean, we find ourselves once again at the Thompson’s dinner table. Marceline […]