Author:
Alex McGilvery has been reading since before he can remember, and writing almost that long. He has published 18 books and is author and editor at his imprint Celticfrog Publishing. He lives in Kamloops with his dog and the stories clawing their way out of his head.

Petunia Smith is a senior in High School. The good news is that she only has to survive one more year in the battleground of High School relationships. The bad news is that she is short, shapeless and the preferred target of the cheerleader captain. Petunia knows what she needs to do, but when Marilyn walks into their home room all bets are off. The only thing worse than being Marilyn in Punkie's Hounds High School, may be becoming Marilyn's friend, but Petunia doesn't let that stop her.

Sarcasm is My Superpower

I sat at home and tried to fight off the black gloom that fell over me. I was losing the fight.


Christmas was supposed to be a time of cheer and goodwill, but I felt anything but. It was a good thing that I had already done my shopping for my mom and dad because it was almost more than I could handle to just get out of bed. 


Now that I could talk again, I didn't want to; not unless it was Marilyn that I was talking to. The only faint light in the darkness was that the prosecutor had decided that the case was too confused to get a conviction and ordered Marilyn and Rickard released. Marilyn's family had whisked nem off to a chalet in the Laurentians for Christmas. I only knew that because Marilyn had managed a quick call to me while nir father was loading luggage in their car. 


It seemed I wasn't the only one who blamed me for all the trouble at the dance. It was a weird kind of comfort to know that I wasn't alone in my self-loathing. 


Chapter 21