Strained Resources
By Dialecticdreamer/Sarah Williams
Part 1 of 2, complete
Word count (story only): 1304
[Sat, Dec 17, 2016]
:: A week before Channukah, Genna is settling back into LaPlace when a new neighbor arrives to ask if they have any candles to spare for the menorah. Genna offers to teach them how to dip their own. Part of the Strange Family series, in the Polychrome Heroics universe. This story was written for the December 2025 event, from a suggestion made by![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
readera, with my great thanks! ::
On to part two
Genna rarely spoke with the neighbors in LaPlace. When they realized that the family spent part of the year in two different places, the neighbors retreated. A few still waved and smiled, but inviting the neighbors to a barbecue at the end of summer had proven how few of them considered the family their neighbors. Genna focused on the bookshelf in front of her, determined to spend as much of the afternoon in the tub as possible. Saul and Dom had taken all the kids to do holiday shopping, which was very much a gift to her as well.
Halfway through the stack of library books, two of which were in danger of needing a renewal, again, someone rang Genna’s front door bell. She dusted her hands and hurried to greet them.
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By Dialecticdreamer/Sarah Williams
Part 1 of 2, complete
Word count (story only): 1304
[Sat, Dec 17, 2016]
:: A week before Channukah, Genna is settling back into LaPlace when a new neighbor arrives to ask if they have any candles to spare for the menorah. Genna offers to teach them how to dip their own. Part of the Strange Family series, in the Polychrome Heroics universe. This story was written for the December 2025 event, from a suggestion made by
readera, with my great thanks! ::On to part two
Genna rarely spoke with the neighbors in LaPlace. When they realized that the family spent part of the year in two different places, the neighbors retreated. A few still waved and smiled, but inviting the neighbors to a barbecue at the end of summer had proven how few of them considered the family their neighbors. Genna focused on the bookshelf in front of her, determined to spend as much of the afternoon in the tub as possible. Saul and Dom had taken all the kids to do holiday shopping, which was very much a gift to her as well.
Halfway through the stack of library books, two of which were in danger of needing a renewal, again, someone rang Genna’s front door bell. She dusted her hands and hurried to greet them.
( Read more... )
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