Contributor Carole McDonnell’s short stories and essays appear online and in print, in speculative fiction, ethnic, and Christian publications. She lives in New York with her husband, two sons, and their pets. Wind Follower, published this month by Juno Books, is Carole’s first novel. This is her post which first appeared in Blog Critics Magazine.

I found myself getting the world’s most awful panic attack a few days ago. I could hardly breathe. It happened as I was walking down the streets of my hometown. I call Peekskill, New York my hometown …