title: The Village: A Year in Twelve Tales
author:  J. J. Anderson 
description: J.J.Anderson is a writer, blogger and publisher. Her first publication was The Village; A Year in Twelve Tales. Her most recent is 'Reconquista' an adventure story set in 13th century Al Andalus, reaching Number 5 on Amazon. She is currently writing the sequel. Julie was born in the English midlands, but lives in South London. She blogs under the name JulieJ, at www.thestorybazaar.com reporting on current cultural, literary and political events and writing and publishing. Julie is a founder member of Clapham Writers, one of the partners for the Clapham Literary Festival 2016. She is editor of 'The Story Bazaar Compendium' series, containing articles and short fiction by herself and other. She has contributed articles to 'Aspire', 'SW Magazine' and 'Time &amp; Leisure'. Her work appears on a number of academic courses.
zlib_text: CONTENTS
  
  ONE
  
  TWO
  
  THREE
  
  FOUR
  
  FIVE
  
  SIX
  
  SEVEN
  
  EIGHT
  
  NINE
  
  TEN
  
  ELEVEN
  
  TWELVE
  
  THIRTEEN
  
  FOURTEEN
  
  FIFTEEN
  
  SIXTEEN
  
  SEVENTEEN
  
  EIGHTEEN
  
  NINETEEN
  
  TWENTY
  
  TWENTY-ONE
  
  TWENTY-TWO
  
  TWENTY-THREE
  
  TWENTY-FOUR
  
  TWENTY-FIVE
  
  TWENTY-SIX
  
  TWENTY-SEVEN
  
  TWENTY-EIGHT
  
  TWENTY-NINE
  
  THIRTY
  
  THIRTY-ONE
  
  THIRTY-TWO
  
  THIRTY-THREE
  
  THIRTY-FOUR
  
  THIRTY-FIVE
  
  THIRTY-SIX
  
  ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  
  BY MAYA BANKS
  
  CREDITS
  
  COPYRIGHT
  
  ABOUT THE PUBLISHER
  
  ONE
  
  ZACK Covington simmered with impatience as he waited for the go signal from
  his team leader. He didn’t know exactly what was going on in the basement of
  the McMansion—not unlike the house he’d once dreamed of building for the girl
  he’d planned to spend forever with—but he knew it wasn’t good. Sometimes bad
  lurked in seemingly benign locations. People existed in denial that it could
  happen in their little corner of the world. How very wrong they were.
  
  It was a lesson he’d learned the hard way. Coming from a small town nestled
  against the shores of Kent