The Gift

Sixteen-year-old Anne faces radical change in her life after a supernatural encounter. When an unusual person makes an unexpected visit, Anne finds she is linked to a decision that was made three hundred years earlier, and her peaceful and predictable life is shaken. She must respond to a complicated request that challenges her own sense of morality and integrity. Anne seeks out help from a local seer and healer who reveals secrets about her birth and her destiny. But will this guidance be enough to help Anne see through the deceptions and traps that have been set for her by nefarious forces?

Behind the pastoral loveliness of the Vermont hills, Anne experiences an invisible world, populated by both good and evil presences who vie for her very soul. A special gift has been given to Anne, but her use of this gift can bring either joy to others or be a curse to all.

When he is not working in his private practice as a psychotherapist in Bethel, Vermont, David Pellegrino enjoys writing poetry, essays, and stories, as well as composing music for guitar and piano. He finds inspiration hiking in the Green Mountains of Vermont and along the Maine coast. His story, The Gift, is inspired by the hills and old farms that still dot the landscape of rural Vermont.