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Pattern Diving: Dru Faust

One of my favorite things to do is figure out what my characters would wear. Even better when I can dig through the pattern library on Ravelry for historically inspired knits. All links lead back to Ravelry. All images come from their respective pattern pages and are property of the original owners.

Dru

1920s Cloche by Helen Ardley.

Practical to a fault, Dru would love the simplicity and…

The Books We Can’t Find

Sometimes, I get stuck on a jag. By that, I mean I get REALLY into something, and just want more and more of it. A few years ago, it was Nancy Drew.

Nancy was one of my favorite childhood companions. My favorite books to read were about kids who had lots of friends and the autonomy to move around their worlds (don’t judge. I grew up in the middle of nowhere with no neighbors and no sidewalks.…

That’s right, it’s that time again!

Some of you may remember Dru from a few years ago; it was first released as a serial novella here on the blog. Searching the site will pull up the original version.

Starting April 14, you’ll be able to download a Kindle version, newly revised and expanded.

Patrons will be able to download it for free.

Not a patron? What are you waiting for! For as little as…

Dru Faust and the Devil’s Due, part 26 CONCLUSION

  Black boots continued his work at the table. A few feet away, I spied the shards of a broken bottle. If I could reach one of the larger pieces, maybe I’d be able to cut myself free. Getting to it without drawing his attention was another matter. The instant I tried to inch my way over to the glass, he paused in his work and looked up, coming around the table for a better view. “Well, look who’s…

Dru Faust and the Devil’s Due, part 25

I did as Mother instructed, sinking low into the seat where I’d be out of sight. All I could see was a robin hopping on a branch in the canopy of trees surrounding the farmhouse. My neck grew stiff. The car was like an oven, even with the windows open. Not a single breath of breeze made its way to me. Sweat trickled down my back. I stared up at the robin, occupying my eyes while my ears listened…

Dru Faust and the Devil’s Due, part 24

Mrs. Hughes pounded away at the keys of her typewriter, as if attempting to drown out the raised voices coming from Detective Reiss’s office. She wasn’t entirely successful. “If you do this, you’re doing it on your own time!” the detective shouted. “These allegations are ridiculous. I will not have some upstart woman poking around one of our most decorated officers!” “If he’s innocent, then why…

Dru Faust and the Devil’s Due: part 22

Tuesday, July 18   Archie was released from the hospital the next morning. George drove Alexandra and I to the hospital to pick him up. Daddy was chatting with him in the ward, helping him into his coat when we arrived. “I hope you realize just how lucky you were,” he said, clapping his patient on the back. “That could very easily have been a lethal dose. I trust you’ll take more care where and…

Dru Faust and the Devil’s Due: part 21

For the entire streetcar ride home, I pondered the new information gleaned from the station, particularly the arrests made at the party. Only three arrests for such a large gathering was scanty, at best. True, for one officer to bring in three criminals alone, it was quite something, but if Officer Conners was so close by, why didn’t O’Neil ask for assistance? At the very least, one of them could…