Valley in the Midnight Sun    -By Katherine Knight

So, I know it's on the home page, but I kind of wanted to dedicate an entire page to it. So, on this page, all I'm really doing is reposting the selection relating to Valley in the Midnight Sun...

My name is Ashley Brooke, one year ago, my life was destroyed. Nuclear attack. For years, it was a highly discussed issue. It was on TV, in the newspaper, on the radio. It was such a common topic though, that we might not have taken it as seriously as we should have. I live in a small farm town, so small in fact that we didn't have our own school. I remember that last day so clearly. About a week into summer, there was a calm night, but then, the sky lit up, red and orange bathed it, soaking it in its murderous light. I had known at that moment that everyone was dead, except for me, Ashley Brooke, a sixteen-year-old girl at the time. Everyone left the town, running in fear, or searching for family. Others, like my parents, left to search the next town for survivors. No one came back. Days, weeks, and months passed by, but no one returned. I realized then that they were dead. As I watched the land around me turn black and gray, I realized Radiation killed everything it touched, including my family and friends. Six treacherous months passed, and suddenly, a boy (a year or two older than me) showed up on my farm. Zach (that was his name) was soon my only friend. I confided in him, I trusted him, and I was starting to fall in love with him. Until the night he raped me, I had no idea idea he could be so cruel. He had been so kind. I could see in his eyes, he loved me. But, something inside of him snapped, and God, I'm afraid of him...

As for other news relating to Valley in the Midnight Sun, I'm close to around page 240 at the moment, though my friends have scolded me over the past few weeks, since I haven't written in that entire time.......... sorry :'(

Mostly, I'm making this site for fun....... and because I was bored when I had to go to my dad's house for the weekend. I found weebly, which lets you create your own website, for free, so I thought, "Why not?"

Anyhow, I kind of feel like I'm just shouting out to the world right now, and let's face it, I probably am. But, who cares, at least I'm having fun doing it :D. Sara... I sent you the link to this website. I don't know if you'll actually look at it. Hopefully, you will and we can laugh about it at school the next time I see you :D Sara, you see, is one of my best friends, and the first non-relative that I ever let read read my book, and that was at the early stages. I'm talking around page fifteen! You've stuck with me this entire time, and we talk about who would be the perfect actor/actress for the part :D I read your book and you read mine. We fall in love with our own book characters...... We're pathetic, so why am I smiling right now? :D

Hopefully, one day, my book will be on the shelf in Barnes & Nobles right next to Stephenie Meyer, J.K. Rowling, and all the other authors I admire. My dream is to become an author, and sometimes -I swear- it's the only thing keeping me alive with my psychotic family. :D Well, I'll write more later...

PS- Is there anyone out there reading this?...