"It is near noon in the orchard and small passions of petals are bursting spring into the air. Or perhaps it's mid-afternoon ..." What happens when two sisters, who grew up under a cinder-cone mountain, put their writing talents together? The answer is Scoria—a compilation of short prose pieces, exploring the scoriac "small bubbles and glassy fragments" of life. Authors: Kathy Derrick & Jac Jenkins.