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

If I thought that suddenly people would be convinced by my little clip on the news, I learned fast enough that while some people loved the idea of a little girl tearing a strip off a school principal on the news, fewer people were interested in the background or rights of my friend Marilyn and others who didn't fit as easily into our assumptions as the rest of us.


What was interesting were the number and breadth of the people who were interested. Among them was the editor of New Economy, Phyllis Orville.


"We aren't just about money," Phyllis said. "There is also the economy of identity and relationship that is actually more important than money. I liked what you said in your clip, but I was wondering if you had a little more. I could use a fifteen hundred word article on the subject."


"That shouldn't be a problem," I said, "but I want you to credit Tuni J. Smith for it. I don't want a repeat of my civics class."


Chapter 36