BOOK READING -- GTL 1 31

Maze 2:15:2

I got some good news! On the advice of a friend, I submitted my book to the Sacramento Library a few months ago. A Panel of librarians selected Maze and will be giving me -- one of only 40 local authors chosen -- a table at the Galleria for the second annual Local Author Festival, on April 10th... here is the link! -- Author Festival -- I will be signing and selling books and hope to see you there.

In the last episode 2:15:1 Ame and Bless ride their bikes to the Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland, to get some peace and quiet. Kell is nowhere to be found. They need each other more than ever now.

Book Two
Daughter of Darkness Series
Chapter 15:2

Maze 2:14:6

In the last episode 2:14:5 Ame gets the feeling she's just stepped into Oliver Twist, hanging around these orphans and the adulation party. She's concerned they're gonna make trading cards out of her, push her up against a stick of bubblegum... no need to worry, though, cause kids can see through you to the real you - to your heart.

Book Two
Chapter 14:6

Maze 2:14:2

In the last episode 2:14:1 -- "Oh, what would I do? My little sister was hooked on pills and could not be found. My best friend was crushing on me. The Pakis were on my case. Hendrix was slipping in and out my consciousness and wanted to help but was unable to come down to earth. Freddy was being Freddy. Black was hollowing out humans. Humans were being human. And my thirst was relentless. Oh! I really had to get away from it all..."

Book Two

Chapter 14:2

Maze 2:14:1 Storytelling

Book Two

Daughter of Darkness Series

Chapter 14:1

In the last episode 2:13:4 Ame and Bless are lying on top of one another, lifeless after a fight. Ame is underneath and goes to get up, when her friend suddenly takes the friendship to another level. 

Maze 2:13:1 Storytelling

Book Two

Daughter of Darkness Series

Chapter 13:1

In the last episode 2:12:6 Hendrix looks in on Ame watching over her while she sleeps with Maze and fights for the blanket. In the morning she's inchworming down rain gutters to avoid the Hollows.

Maze 2:12:6 Storytelling

Book Two

Daughter of Darkness Series

Chapter 12:6

In the last episode 2:12:5 Maze and Ame part ways with Kell and go off on their own to celebrate a kill from up on high, overlooking Oakland at night, and tapping into the source light. Ame has no regrets by the killing, but she may be on the edge of self-doubt. 

Maze 2:12:4 Storytelling

Book 2

Daughter of Darkness Series

Chapter 12:4

In the last episode 2:12:3 Kell uses Oxycontin to escape the reality of her bloodlines. She crushes on her brother's friend - a wannabe cowboy - who sells dope and turns her on to the stuff. 

Maze 2:12:2 Storytelling

Book 2

Daughter Of Darkness Series

Chapter 12

Part 2

In the last episode 2:12:1 Maze and Ame and Kell are taking the subway back under the San Francisco Bay when they spot a bottom feeder of a guy who is planning to prey on a drunken girl. Little does he know, he is being watched. And he will be taken. 

Maze 2:12:1 Storytelling

Book Two

Chapter 12

Part 1

In the last episode 2:11:4 Ame and Maze and Kell go to the Mission in San Francisco to hear the third billing. Kell was finally able to meet Maze, after Ame tricked the Pakis by dressing up as Maze. She might not remember, though, she was high as hell on Oxys. 

Maze 2:11:3 Storytelling

Book Two

Chapter 11

Part 3

In the last episode 2:11:2 Maze and his mom, well, the distance between them was growing. Consider them divided by headphones and the sound of Pantera or Disturbed. Consider a wedge of court tv and Highway to Heaven reruns. But really, that's not even half the distance.

Maze 2:11:2 Storytelling

Book Two

Chapter 11

Part 2

In the last episode 2:11:1 we return to the story of Maze and his mother. She took him across the border via a coyote and they started over, and she got work in LA. On the surface his life looks common for a young American boy, until he begins leaving home all night, all the time. She doesn't know where he's been or what he's been up to, and prays it's not what she thinks. She searches his room hoping for any sign of typical teenage angst and rebellion but finds none. She thought she was protecting him by leaving Mexico, but she realizes she cannot protect him from himself. 

Maze 2:11:1 Storytelling

Book Two

Chapter 11

Part 1

In the last episode 2:10:5 Ame finds sustenance and nourishment in love with Maze. Tide pools and Hollows and love. 

Maze 2:10:5 Storytelling

Book Two

Chapter 10

Part 5

In the last episode 2:10:4 Ame talks about her relationship and what happens when pride and ego get between her and Maze, and what can happen when we encrypt our own wisdom to the point where it can become inaccessible even to us.

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Maze 2:9:4 Storytelling

Book Two

Chapter 9

Part 4

In the last episode 2:9:3 Kell (still a kid) goes out to see what her uncles are up to, and discovers a terrible crime scene. 

Maze 2:8:4 Storytelling

Book Two

Chapter 8

Part 4

In the last episode 2:8:3 Ame and Kell go to San Francisco for kicks and dependencies.

Maze 2:8:3 Storytelling

Book Two

Chapter 8

Part 3

In the last episode 2:8:2 Ame coaxes Kell out into the world.

Maze 2:8:2 Storytelling

Book Two

Chapter 8

Part 2

In the last episode 2:8:1 the narrator shares some of Kell's history, 'the true pale blue with sad green eyes', her struggle with oxycontin addiction and failed efforts to get help in the past, the doctor shopping, determined to push dopamine to the brain. 

Maze 2:7:4 -- storytelling

Book Two

Chapter 7

Part 4

In the last episode 2:7:3 Bless and Ame have a little tug of war going on. Someone's not too happy for someone else's happiness.