title: Endings: Poetry and Prose
author:  William Poe 
description: <span>"Poe's voice is both mature and unique. He draws convincing details from his past studies in art and anthropology, and his characters brim with authenticity."</span><span>--Peter Dabbene, ForeWord Reviews</span><br /><br /><span>"The poems and stories focus on sadness, death, frustration, fear, and violence. Yet in the hands of a practiced craftsman, even these subjects take on dignity, and sometimes a spot of wry humor."</span><span>--IndieReader.</span><br /><br />". . . powerful and resonant for many who have struggled with a stigmatized identity. . . short story passages practically leap off of the page." -- Kirkus Reviews
zlib_text: T ab le of  C on t en t s
  Prologue
  Chapter One
  Chapter Two
  Chapter Three
  Chapter Four
  Chapter Five
  Chapter Six
  Chapter Seven
  Chapter Eight
  Chapter Nine
  Chapter Ten
  Chapter Eleven
  Chapter Twelve
  Chapter Thirteen
  Chapter Fourteen
  Chapter Fifteen
  Chapter Sixteen
  Chapter Seventeen
  Chapter Eighteen
  Chapter Nineteen
  Chapter Twenty
  Chapter Twenty-One
  Chapter Twenty-Two
  Chapter Twenty-Three
  Chapter Twenty-Four
  Chapter Twenty-Five
  Chapter Twenty-Six
  Chapter Twenty-Seven
  Chapter Twenty-Eight
  Chapter Twenty-Nine
  Chapter Thirty
  
  Blood Promise
  VampireAcademy Book 4
  Richelle Mead
  
  Prolog u e
  Once when I was in ninth grade, I had to write a paper on a poem.
  One of the lines was, “If your eyes weren’t open, you wouldn’t know
  the difference between dreaming and waking.” It hadn’t meant much
  to me at the time. After all, there’d been a guy in the class that I
  liked, so how could I be expected to pay attention to literary
  analysis? Now, three years later, I understood the poem perfectly.
  Because lately, 