A new book by Brian K. Vagnini...coming soon...
Excerpt from "The Lens".
He bolted for his horse, ten yards away tied to another young tree. He reached the saddle in time, but failed to climb up on the horse. As his vision came back in focus, he noticed that he was, once again, just a ten year old little boy. The horse glanced over at him, amused. He spun around, looking for the bandits. There was no one else in sight. He was relieved at first, then came to his senses, as he realized that he was not a character in his favorite western, and that his mother was gone.
He ran over the hill to where the car was. There was no car. She was gone. The car was gone. The edge of the town was gone. In the distance, he could see something that looked like a building. He sat down and cried. Ten minutes later, he stopped crying, as he realized that there was no one to cry to. He needed to be the big man of the house like his Daddy had told him, before he shipped off to France. He got up, took off his tie, stuffing it into his shirt pocket, then made his way towards town.
Emily walked back to where the camera bag was, grinning at her son's antics. She focused on him, saying "Now remember to smile, my little sheriff." His mind was back in his western radio programs. It made him happy. He smiled a big smile and she snapped the shutter. As she looked up from the twin lens reflex camera, she froze. He was gone.
One second, he was there, the next...gone. He was fast on his feet, but not nearly fast enough to completely disappear like that. She spun around, expecting, no...hoping, that he was right behind her, ready to shout "BOO!". There was no one there. She dashed over to the car, then back to where he was standing, then to a tree nearly. It was a huge oak, that some said had been there for at least fifty years or more. She looked up into the limbs, all the while screaming his name. There was no answer.
She stumbled back over to the camera bag. Her thoughts went through her head at about a thousand miles an hour. Jack was gone, God only knows where; her husband was off in France, on the front lines, probably already dead. Her mother had passed away just last month. She was all alone. She took a tentative step towards where he had been standing, then fainted, overcome with anxiety.
Where did young Jack go? Stay tuned for announcements about the release of "The Lens".