A short story set in the remote town of Brooke's Vale and its small airstrip. When Jim heads home after losing the plane he'd set his heart on, he's expecting to spend the remains of his leave getting drunk. The flying club, and his brother, have other ideas.

Arrival is about the arrival of one of Brooke's Vale's more unusual residents, and set several years before Fire Season. It is also part of the upcoming anthology "Days at Brooke's Vale".

Readable online at sites including Smashwords, Goodreads, and others, Arrival was originally released through Twitter, one tweet per day. It has now been downloaded over 2,000 times on Smashwords alone, with a total readership of over 8,000.

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""EXCELLENT prequel to an excellent book!!" "
Rick, Goodreads

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