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To Cut a Long Story Short

Emma is fighting despair about the state of the world.

August 26, 2032

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Like Grace From The Earth (III)

May 22, 2011

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Like Grace From The Earth (II)

May 22, 2011

<img width="640" height="523" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" data-srcset="https://www.shadeofthemorningsun.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Like-Grace-from-the-Earth_Shade-of-the-Morning-Sun-768x627.jpg 768w, https://www.shadeofthemorningsun.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Like-Grace-from-the-Earth_Shade-of-the-Morning-Sun-300x245.jpg 300w, https://www.shadeofthemorningsun.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Like-Grace-from-the-Earth_Shade-of-the-Morning-Sun-331x270.jpg 331w, https://www.shadeofthemorningsun.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Like-Grace-from-the-Earth_Shade-of-the-Morning-Sun.jpg 1000w" data-src="https://www.shadeofthemorningsun.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Like-Grace-from-the-Earth_Shade-of-the-Morning-Sun-768x627.jpg" data-sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" class="attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-4885 lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="640" height="523" src="https://www.shadeofthemorningsun.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Like-Grace-from-the-Earth_Shade-of-the-Morning-Sun-768x627.jpg" class="attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-4885" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.shadeofthemorningsun.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Like-Grace-from-the-Earth_Shade-of-the-Morning-Sun-768x627.jpg 768w, https://www.shadeofthemorningsun.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Like-Grace-from-the-Earth_Shade-of-the-Morning-Sun-300x245.jpg 300w, https://www.shadeofthemorningsun.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Like-Grace-from-the-Earth_Shade-of-the-Morning-Sun-331x270.jpg 331w, https://www.shadeofthemorningsun.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Like-Grace-from-the-Earth_Shade-of-the-Morning-Sun.jpg 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" />

Like Grace From The Earth

On a bus-ride, Carrie befriends Anna, an elderly photographer. Carrie has a family now but is not happy. She wonders if she can live what she has left of her life without trying once more to realize her old dreams of becoming an artist herself.

May 22, 2011

Not In Your Hands

August 28, 2004

<img width="640" height="438" src="https://www.shadeofthemorningsun.com/wp-content/uploads/2004/04/Anna_Lee_Shep_1880s-e1619599250844-768x525.jpg" class="attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-5422" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.shadeofthemorningsun.com/wp-content/uploads/2004/04/Anna_Lee_Shep_1880s-e1619599250844-768x525.jpg 768w, https://www.shadeofthemorningsun.com/wp-content/uploads/2004/04/Anna_Lee_Shep_1880s-e1619599250844-300x205.jpg 300w, https://www.shadeofthemorningsun.com/wp-content/uploads/2004/04/Anna_Lee_Shep_1880s-e1619599250844-395x270.jpg 395w, https://www.shadeofthemorningsun.com/wp-content/uploads/2004/04/Anna_Lee_Shep_1880s-e1619599250844.jpg 989w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" />

Scars of Our Civil Wars (II)

April 24, 2004

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Scars of Our Civil Wars

Carrie becomes obsessed with finding out the fate of one Anna Lee Shepherd – a teenage survivor from a destructive Civil War raid.

April 23, 2004

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Portrait Of A Killer (III)

March 5, 2004

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Portrait Of A Killer (II)

March 1, 2004

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Portrait of a Killer

Carrie has finally ditched both drugs and her violent boyfriend. Is it time to get rid of her gun, too?

February 13, 2004

Islands in the Mind

Meeting the perfect traveling companion is sometimes reason to leave as soon as you can.

June 28, 2000

Roads To Leave By

Carrie’s friend, Nadine, tries to stop Carrie from traveling to South America with no plan to ever come back.

April 10, 2000

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