The Forest Has Ears- Edited Edition: The Witches of the Forest, #1

By Darrel Day

This is the edited edition of The Forest Has Ears. The story remains the same as the original version.

 A coven of good witches, protected by nature, Karen and her witches battle against the dark side to maintain the balalnce between light and darkness. They will meet family thought lost forever and seek shelter in the forest created to watch over them.  Whispering to the good witches their deepest secrets, the forest knows because it hears all.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Darrel Day
• Release date: Oct 25, 2016
• ISBN: 9781539533313

Darrel Day

Darrel Day has written and published 12 novels and writes in the genres of Suspense, Sci-fi, and biography. He has a published a biography for a victim of Domestic Violence titled "Stolen Years {A True Story of Domestic Abuse and Survival}" and a biography of a law enforcement agent. He is the singer/lyrics writer of over 100 songs and has produced a CD titled "SimplyD" that includes 13 of his favorite songs. Darrel has a great passion for the outdoors and spends as much time as life allows at a lake near his home. He takes what he sees and transfers the scene to the written word. Life experiences have given him the ability to feel what he sees and create a novel from it. Darrel continues to write and is presently working on publishing his 13th novel.

Book preview

This is the newly edited version of The Forest Has Ears. It will replace the original edition. This is the first in a series of six stories from the Witches of the Forest series.

Chapter  1

She didn't even know why she was sitting at the table. So many things were going on and yet she felt totally wiped of energy. Karen knew she had at least 20 other things she could and truly, should be doing right then. She stared down at the picture again.

Derek had been the love of her life since Junior High. She choked back the tears, trying to remember which part of her life that had been. When had she gone to school and in which era was it? The realm inside and outside the forest were two different times. She would try to recall as much as she could. Mostly; she just lived each day as it came to her.

She had been so beautiful, so spirited in her day. Her long auburn hair was only paled by the sparkling of her emerald eyes. Her long legs led up to a body that was perhaps not so perfect to anyone else, but to Derek, it was always right. Her weight fluctuated the entire seventeen years but Derek always saw only beauty. She was outspoken but never rude; soft but not weak and she was well versed in dressing to look elegant but never, ever over-dressed nor under-dressed.

She loved Derek with all of her heart. He was so much the reason she rose every morning from her bed. Seventeen years with him seemed more like seventeen days now. Time had gone by so quickly but she had only realized it now. She touched his picture with her fingertips and traced the outline of his body with her thumb. The lights flickered in the kitchen again. She was glad to be getting out of the house. The last few days the house seemed to have decided to fall apart all on its own.

Karen moved her fingers to reveal the faces of their children. Mark, sixteen and sports savvy, shared only his looks with his father. He had Karen's out-going personality as well as sharing her gift to put a person in their place and make them feel as if he had complimented them. He was tall like Derek and fast on his feet. She looked down at seventeen year old Jessica. Standing beside her brother, the photo stole her true height. At five foot, ten inches; tall for a girl, Mark made her look shorter. His six foot two inch frame towered over her. She was totally her mother in the looks department. Watching this beautiful young lady move across the basketball court at school made a lot of guys turn their heads. She was Derek in every other way. She had his smile and his desire to laugh and make others smiles. She helped out with the after school programs and gave any extra time to causes for the