Cleo's superstitious neighbors think she's a witch. Cleo wants them to. She worked hard over the centuries to learn to disguise her true form beneath a ragged shawl and long skirts, and she's happy with her status as the neighborhood outcast.

Now if she could only get one determined Cub Scout on a quest of his own to leave her alone.

In CLEO AND THE SCOUT, award-winning author Annie Reed explores what happens when an ancient, imperious force confronts a youthful, immovable object, and the changes that confrontation makes in each of their lives.

BONUS: Includes a copy of Annie Reed's contemporary fantasy story "Homeless."

"The appearance of a new Annie Reed story is a treat. Try one and you'll be hooked." — Dave Hendrickson, author of CRACKING THE ICE, forthcoming from WestSide Press.

Annie Reed is a prolific short story writer whose fiction has been published in numerous anthologies from Daw and Pocket Books, as well as in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine.