This is dedicated to my best friend, Katrina, and also to all you readers out there! Thank you for helping me to keep going, to help me make it this far. The thought of anybody reading this... is everything.

I'm always open to competitions or places I can submit my stories into. If you know of any, don't be scared to shout them out. Thank you!

I'm wanting to publish for money, but few people know my name or my writing, so I'm sharing one on here, and if it goes well, I'm going to take further steps toward my lifetime goal.

I'm in the midst of making a couple stories right now, so if I don't update this every week I want you guys to know I will be back. So, if you have any questions just leave a comment for me and I'll answer back as soon as I can! :)

P.S.
My story might be slow in the beginning, so just wait a couple chapters. It'll get better as it goes! So a million thanks to the ones who stuck with my story through every chapter!!

The illustrations on Chapter One and Seven are by Rebecca McClellan, and they are pictures she drew for a different version of this story. The pictures don't necessarily go with the story chapter. Please do not take these photos.

If you want to check some more of my stuff out, I have a blog with my poetry on it: ashton.pennywisepc.com
You can follow me on Twitter.
I also have an authors page. If you want to keep up with what's happening, just look up on Facebook: Ashton McConnell

No one can copy or distribute my work without my personal permission/approval. I'm pretty lenient, so if you want to take a sentence or two, I please ask you to notify me that you want to. This also goes for any ideas you get for your stories that are a lot like mine. Once again, I'm usually okay with it as long as you get a hold of me first. :)

If you find my work anywhere else but on my personal pages or sites, I'd be forever grateful if you told me.

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

I want to thank everybody again for reading this, it really matters a lot! <3