A proper sea and a good wind...

[storyrainthejournal]

First off, big thank you to panisdead & family for super generous sponsoring of my write-a-thon efforts! Warmed all the little cockles of my heart, that did.

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Second, here's your snipply snip:

A sepia shimmer and sheen, like a heat mirage, but then he could see it for what it was. The lake—more properly, perhaps, an inland sea that had once covered those bone dunes—was indeed rising, and rising fast. Already it approached the level of the water fall’s edge.

Six more days to sponsor!

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Third, never buff an armadillo.