Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    The Find: A Short Story
    The Find: A Short Story
    The Find: A Short Story
    Ebook36 pages27 minutes

    The Find: A Short Story

    By Lena Goldfinch

    5/5

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    A startling discovery leads to a journey of self-discovery...and trouble for one boy growing up in rural Tennessee in 1909.

    One blazing hot summer, twelve-year-old Joel lands himself in a stinking pile of trouble with his pa. He has to dig himself out—he has to—because, when it comes to winning back his father's love, failure's simply not an option. After making an extraordinary discovery in the family cornfield—the find of a lifetime—Joel hopes to finally redeem himself in his father's eyes. But, as Joel's about to discover, matters of redemption are rarely straightforward. Neither is the journey from boy to young man.

    Come down home to the foothills of the Smoky Mountains and sink your soul into rich red Tennessee clay. You never know what you might unearth...

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIndigo Road Publishing
    Release dateSep 28, 2016
    ISBN9781536550054
    The Find: A Short Story
    Author

    Lena Goldfinch

    LENA GOLDFINCH writes heartwarming romance and romantic fantasy for adults and teens. She's a sucker for a good old-fashioned romance, whether it's a novel, novella, or short story, young adult or adult, fantasy or realistic, contemporary or historical. Elements of romance, fantasy, and mystery have a way of creeping into her writing, whether she's writing historicals or something light and contemporary. Her works include: * THE UNEXPECTED BRIDE (Sweet Historical Romance) -- Coming October 6, 2014, Now Available for Pre-Order! * THE LANGUAGE OF SOULS * AIRE * SONGSTONE * HAUNTING JOY * TAKE A PICTURE: A Novella * CHAIN REACTION: A Short Story (Prequel to HAUNTING JOY) Future works: HAUNTING MELODY (HAUNTING JOY : Part 2) "Danger, magic, romance, and royal intrigue, AIRE is a must read!" --NYT Bestselling Author JESSICA ANDERSEN "Looking for something fresh and new to read? Try Lena Goldfinch's AIRE." --SERENA CHASE, USA Today HEA "SONGSTONE sings with characters who come to life, a story full of magic, heart and adventure, and a world that lets you smell the sea air and feel the tropical sun on your back." --LISA GAIL GREEN, author of The Binding Stone "SONGSTONE...an original fantasy world inhabited by superstitious tribal nations and intriguingly developed characters." --SERENA CHASE, USA Today HEA "THE LANGUAGE OF SOULS...the perfect tiny romantic escape." --Tales of Whimsy Twitter: @lena_goldfinch FB: https://www.facebook.com/lenagoldfinch Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/lenagoldfinch Website: http://www.LenaGoldfinch.com

    Read more from Lena Goldfinch

    Related to The Find

    Related ebooks

    Coming of Age Fiction For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Making EVERY MOMENT count

      Aug 4, 2021

      Adena Savva, 36, Melbourne, Vic Handing over my list of symptoms, I hoped to speed up the appointment. I’d just dropped my kids, Amelia, then three, and Xander, 18 months, at daycare and was due at work soon. ‘You need to hold on to something when

      3 min read

    • Article

      Love will WIN

      Sep 6, 2023

      Love will WIN
      9 min read

    • Article

      THE MISCHIEF & THE MAJESTY

      Jun 19, 2019

      THE MISCHIEF & THE MAJESTY
      6 min read

    • Article

      Speedboat

      Mar 24, 2022

      Nobody died that year. Nobody prospered. There were no births or marriages. Seventeen reverent satires were written – disrupting a cliché and, presumably, creating a genre. That was a dream, of course, but many of the most important things, I fi nd,

      14 min read

    • Article

      Lost Children

      Aug 4, 2022

      Lost Children
      5 min read

    • Article

      Hidden SECRETS

      Sep 15, 2021

      Hidden SECRETS
      9 min read

    • Article

      Love And The LAND GIRL

      May 26, 2021

      Love And The LAND GIRL
      9 min read

    • Article

      Laughing STOCK

      Jul 17, 2020

      Laughing STOCK
      4 min read

    • Article

      Echoes

      Jul 13, 2022

      Echoes
      9 min read

    • Article

      Wise old Mrs Merrow

      Jul 27, 2020

      Littlesea was everything the description said: a white stone cottage with beams and higgledy-piggledy walls and steps away from a tiny quay in a private bay. It would have been the perfect spot for honeymooners had it not had just the one single bed

      8 min read

    • Article

      Gabriel & Holly

      Feb 8, 2021

      The first day was the most daunting. It helped that she’d arrived last night to settle herself in the cottage annexe before first contact this morning. Still, nerves attacked her as she stood before the door of the imposing but charming ivy-covered 1

      6 min read

    • Article

      The Coming Out

      May 11, 2020

      The Coming Out
      6 min read

    • Article

      The PROMISE

      Aug 18, 2021

      The PROMISE
      9 min read

    • Article

      Camilla The Down To Earth Duchess

      Jul 13, 2022

      Camilla The Down To Earth Duchess
      14 min read

    • Article

      Power Of Three

      Sep 11, 2019

      Power Of Three
      2 min read

    • Article

      The Clues To ROMANCE

      May 4, 2021

      The Clues To ROMANCE
      6 min read

    • Article

      ‘Too Much’: Featured Nonfiction from Rachel Vorona Cote

      Feb 25, 2020

      In Too Much: How Victorian Constraints Still Bind Women Today, Cote examines how the "unspoken rules" that govern the expression of women’s emotional and physical desires date back to the 19th century. The post ‘Too Much’: Featured Nonfiction from Ra

      6 min read

    • Article

      Beau Brummell

      Nov 6, 2020

      Beau Brummell
      5 min read

    • Article

      The King’s passion

      Aug 11, 2021

      The King’s passion
      11 min read

    • Article

      Red Kite Grey Shadow

      Nov 3, 2022

      Red Kite Grey Shadow
      6 min read

    • Article

      Cricket League

      Sep 1, 2022

      First prize 10 and under Tang Li, age 9 Palmetto Bay, FL My name is Anisa. I was in Hawaii on vacation. I enjoyed sipping refreshing drinks, overlooking the turquoise ocean, and dancing with others, before I overheard that the priceless Fire Ring wa

      10 min read

    • Article

      After “The End”

      Oct 10, 2022

      I walked down the road with a hunched back and a wet cigarette in my mouth—the fire had died a while back. My hands were tucked into the pockets of my jacket, and my hair fell over my face, limiting my sight. But I wasn’t really seeing where I was go

      10 min read

    • Article

      What The Magpie Says

      Oct 16, 2022

      What The Magpie Says
      8 min read

    • Article

      Four Poems

      Nov 1, 2022

      Day after Thanksgiving. I give thanks for Eveto beat the rush of appreciating hernext year and let her sleep inuntil three hundred o’clock.Thank you light on the mountainfor being my star on cloudy nights.Thank you all the guns I’ve never ownedand ki

      6 min read

    • Article

      Seven Poems

      May 1, 2023

      There was a boy even stranger than I waswho’d call me in the eveningto see if I’d come to Scouts. Something in mehesitated. Then one morning during eighth grade English we got hall passesand did it in a stall in the bathroomtaking turns over the john

      3 min read

    • Article

      Longer on Moon

      Sep 22, 2022

      Longer on Moon
      19 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for The Find

    5/5

    1 rating0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      The Find - Lena Goldfinch

      Chapter One

      Monster in the Cornfield

      Tennessee, October 1909

      That summer and on into October I mucked stalls until my eyes crossed. By then, I’d almost forgotten what wrong I’d done. Not that I could ever really forget with Pa constantly frowning at me and shaking his head like I was his greatest disappointment in life.

      It had all started out as a prank. I remember hearing Charlotte’s scream first, because I’d been listening for it, and then running to her room. I could see it even now with no trouble, like someone had drawn me a picture of it. Her room had been lit up from my father’s lantern—he was already there by the time I showed up. I remember how his light cast long shadows on Charlotte’s pink and white striped wallpaper and curtains. I’d thought it looked weirdly like the inside of a circus tent, and I loved it.

      A kind of hot lightning sizzled through my veins, lighting me up from the inside, and I felt so alive. Scared too, a little, because I knew Pa was about to catch me, but mostly I was just excited. I’d set all this in motion—me.

      I remembered grabbing the poor snake off the wood-plank floor where Charlotte had flung it.

      But it’s just a little garden snake, I’d argued over the sound of my little sister’s squealing. At the time, I’d wished I’d been there to see her wake up with it in her bed. Looking back, maybe I shouldn’t have grinned quite so big. But it had been so funny, and I couldn’t stop laughing.

      Mama was hovering beside me, looking at Charlotte, looking at me. Looking at the snake. She’d come in after me, I guess.

      I got something in me—some devil, I guess—and I shook it in her face too.

      The sound of her screaming filled my ears.

      I saw her stumbling backwards.

      Saw her hit her head against the wall.

      The thud. A sickening sound.

      Then she started to cry.

      I don’t know why but I kept on laughing. Maybe because what was happening hadn’t quite hit me yet. I was still holding that snake too, and when it dawned on me I’d made my mom cry, I squeezed

      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1