Welcome to Sunday Shorts Today’s Story is… Interview With An Angel by Maria Bernard “Ready? Wonderful, let’s do this. But on my terms.” “Terms? But this is my project! Stop being such a bully!” “My way, or the highway, sunshine. Deal with it.” “Fine then, go on! You know what I was going to ask already. You always know everything.” I can’t fight the smile that tugs on my lips at the return of her ire. My charge, my assigned one… she’s a firecracker and I love that about her. Her age at thirteen human years cracks me up. This is my first teenager and I’m thrilled and honoured to…

Welcome to Sunday Shorts Today’s Story is… Crooked Halos by Maria Bernard “So, where are these so-called friends of yours?” asked Victor, watching me with a quirk of a dark brow, his crooked halo floating above his head. Sitting in his chair, he might as well be on a throne with that arrogance he wore so well. “They should be here soon!” I said with as much conviction as I could muster. At the skepticism staring back at me, my resolve crumbled. He knew without me saying so, that my ‘friends’ weren’t coming, that I was alone, by myself, in my made-up world where I was a star. Foolish me.…