Here is an excerpt from The Brueggen Stones [Book 1 of the Tarth Series]:
Two heads with gray curly hair popped up through the cosmetics counter of the department store, like bagels out of a toaster, and two pairs of eyes stared at Lynn. She stood across the aisle, key to the watch display dangling from her hand, and stared back. These heads were smaller than the others. They had smoother skin and shorter curls.
“Children’s heads,” Lynn said under her breath and hid a yawn.
For several days, she had seen heads no one else could see, oversized heads with long gray curls and eyes as big as tennis balls. Lynn does not panic, she’d told herself.
She usually saw colorful light patterns during her migraine headaches. The doctor said light patterns, called auras, were a normal part of classic migraine headaches. This week Lynn’s auras had taken the form of heads, that was all, and the heads currently perched on top of the cosmetics counter belonged to children. She opened the watch display and put away a sterling silver watch. Then she locked the display case and glanced across the aisle again.
The smaller heads still had eyes the size of tennis balls. The shorter curls were still gray.
“Lynn does not panic,” she announced out loud and smiled brightly at the customer who had paused to look at herself in the cosmetic counter’s mirror.
The customer left in a hurry, and Lynn shrugged. The auras would leave soon too. Thanks to medication, her migraines stayed mild and never lasted more than a few days. When the children’s heads popped back down into the counter, she checked the department store clock. Five minutes to six o’clock! She could sign out now; well, soon.
To read the full sample chapter of The Brueggen Stones, click here: The Brueggen Stones- Sample Chapter 1.