Listening to the Sun

Myths abound in the areas bordering the mystical Belvedere Pond in Northern Vermont, but when Christina Giannelli disappears one foggy autumn night, myths become reality. For three years, everyone searches, including her lover Jesse Harkinson, so when she shows up in his bar with a stunning mane of white hair, he’s shocked. Her hair isn’t the only thing that has changed about Christina. And the people of Montgomery, Vermont aren’t the only ones fascinated in her story. The FBI in their black suits find it hard to hide in a ski town, and they don’t have to. Christina already knows they’re coming for her. But the biggest threat isn’t human.

I wrote Listening to the Sun after being inspired by a mysterious pond near my home in Vermont. The pond reflected the mountains surrounding it as if it was a mirror, and the depth of the pond was legendary with stories about locals being lost in its cold darkness. My imagination built stories about those unexplained disappearances, as well as the possibility that the occurrences were other-worldly.