"Lily" By J. Oliver Padgett

In the shadowed heart of a forgotten Carolina farm, lilies rise where no flower should, blooming white as bone against the October frost. When seven-year-old Wren Calloway vanishes along a leaf-strewn path, her grieving father and a loyal old dog follow a scent of impossible sweetness through the night, drawn toward a garden that keeps its own silent vigil. Some things, once planted, refuse to stay buried; some voices, even when the girl is gone, still find a way to sing through the dark. A haunting, heartbreaking novella about love that outlives death and the fragile, fierce beauty that grows from the deepest sorrow.