Trail of Tears, A Short Story

"That was the first time that I really began to think of myself as different. My mother pushed her ideas into my head until I was backed into a corner with only my family to keep me company. It was a lonely place to be."

It's not easy being different, and Ana struggles to balance life between her Cherokee ancestry and the life of a typical child in a small town.

This and other stories are featured in Ghost Country: A Novel