#PBParty! 2023

 Well, dear readers, 

    I have entered #PBParty again.  This year I submitted my first 70 words of THE ACADEMY. It's 545 words of a diverse (asthmatic) voice. Wolfie (yes, it is totally a fractured fairytale- think Little Red Riding Hood) sets out to rumble and tumble with some very funny and destructive pigs. 

    Outnumbered and out of place, Wolfie is determined to succeed. The intimidating, predominantly pig-attended, classes of The Academy and her asthma try to derail her dream of running her family demolition business. In this fractured fairytale, a dash of humor and ingenuity lead Wolfie and all of The ACADEMY students to succeed beyond their wildest dreams.

    So there it it! Enjoy. Maybe someday it will actually be turned into a proper book!

    A huge THANK YOU to Mindy Alyse Weiss *  Matt Tesoriero *  Gabriele Davis *   Sylvia Chen * Jenna Waldman * Aixa Perez-Prado * Marietta Apollonio

    for making this all happen.  Good Luck everyone!

                                                                    THE ACADEMY

        Wolfie's Huff-Puff-Blow-the-House-Down family needs her to take over their demolition business. But first, she'd need to turn her...

        COUGH...COUGH...WHEEEEEZE

        ... asthma into something more Huff and Puff destructive. The Academy was just the place to do it!

        On the first day of school...

       COUGH...COUGH...WHEEEEEZE

        ...her paws tingled and her ears buzzed. Asthma slowed her run... to a walk... to a pause.

[Inhaler] Squeeze. 

        Breathe.

        ...but it couldn't stop her.