Preserves, Pan, and Poison

When plants begin to die in the small hillside community outside Belbrook, suspicion spreads faster than rainwater.The strawberry farm faces ruin.
The nursery fights to save its camellias. Experts search for answers and find none.Mavis Tully has lived long enough to know that what was left behind does not always stay buried. When her daughter suggests turning an old copper preserves pan into a planter, Mavis refuses.Some things were made to hold.As the valley edges toward loss, one quiet older woman saves a community.Preserves, Pan, and Poison is part of the Wren Cottage Short Stories — rural tales of memory, consequence, and older women who are far from finished.