EXT. THE SHARP HOUSE — AFTERNOON Leo, Rich, and Mr. Kidderman walk out the front door. Mr. Kidderman closes the door before jogging ahead to catch Rich in the driveway. Leo, looking suddenly left out, slouches away and jumps into the back Mr. Kidderman’s van. MR. KIDDERMAN (turning seriously toward Rich after…

The Largest Blackberry You’ve Ever Seen Summer’s when the things with thorns give birth. Lemons, limes, and sour oranges — around our house it’s blackberries galore. Great big bushes skirt the clumps of trees grown around the sinkholes that the farmers never farmed, and only God can know what’s down there in the earth, but…

INT. — DIRK’S ROOM — AFTERNOON The light streaming through Dirk’s window is getting dim. Leo sits in a chair beside the window, playing a game on his phone. Rich and Shelly, careful not to disturb the covers, sit at the edge of Dirk’s bed. …

INT. — THE KIDDERMAN FOYER — NOON Hannah, Leo, Rich, and Mr. Kidderman follow Shelly into the quiet foyer of her family home. Shelly shuts the door behind them, and the bolt rings as loud as a bell when it slides into place. SHELLY (making her excuses) Mom and dad…

Sonnet — I’ve been working on this poem since Paris. We grew inside that greenhouse restaurant, twisting roots together while we shared a supper and some quiet, hopeful thoughts. Our string of hearts has only grown since then, falling from the ceiling to the floor, each bud blossoming into a new delight. We were…

Sonnet Each year in love is an arrow-pointed plane pressed to flying form from printer paper snatched from the office of our lives, with our names added in a heart between the layers somewhere secret only we could know — every edge is crisp, both wings are even, as it flies like a timeless rhyme…

EXT. EMERSON PARKING LOT — MORNING Leo comes to a quick stop in the parking lot at the old Emerson Elementary School, which sits in the middle of 8th street within walking distance of both the highschool football field and Mr. Kidderman’s house. Hannah pulls up as Leo and Rich…

EXT. NEVERLAND Dirk, tentatively following Jason, steps down the stairs leading off the plane. They walk onto an immaculate, empty tarmac, where Neverland employees dressed in sailor uniforms are standing at attention. All of the employees appear to be eerily calm, perhaps awaiting Jason’s orders. …

INT. THE SHARP FOYER — AFTERNOON The front door of the Sharp house opens and Shelly steps into the foyer. A column of dust illuminated by the late yellow light sneaking through a nearby window greets her. …