Welcome to 'Asherina: They Walk Among Us,' Gary's captivating short story collection exploring what happens when a seemingly abandoned child with extraordinary abilities chooses her own family.
When Raul and Selena discover little Asherina hiding beneath coats in their car after leaving the adoption agency, they think they've found a runaway - until they notice her impossibly large blue eyes, telepathic abilities, and the unsettling fact that she navigates their home as if she's lived there all her life.
This beautifully crafted tale follows their journey from shock to acceptance as they discover Asherina belongs to an ancient species that has coexisted with humans for millennia, and that she's part of a new generation blurring the boundaries between our kinds.
The story beautifully explores themes of family, acceptance, and what it means to be human when faced with the extraordinary, culminating twelve years later when Asherina - now going by Ashlee - works as a waitress while secretly studying a lonely customer named Dany who may be more than he appears.
Gary's masterful storytelling combines the intimate domestic moments of newfound parenthood with the larger questions of consciousness, species evolution, and the invisible connections that bind us all.
Available to read completely free at TheDimensionOfMind.com, this story will challenge your assumptions about what family means while delivering a thoroughly engaging tale of love transcending all boundaries.