Ramen noodles, two eggs, and a beef frank for dinner. As the water boiled in a pot too small for the job, Angie took another drag on her slim filtered cigarette, causing a chemical cloud to settle over the bowl of McIntosh apples on the kitchen table reserved for her estranged husband. Using a butcher knife, she diced the frank like…
Author: Darnell Cureton
Diary of a bad writer – Week 8
November 19th, 4:00pm – Another story placed in cloud storage until I can resolve plot issues. The thing is, if I can just stop fixing WIP along the way, I’ll have very little on the shelf. I have to remember: The first draft isn’t to get it right, it’s to get it done. Sometimes it’s hard to follow your own…
VOX by Christina Dalcher
I took the time to read Vox by Christina Dalcher. Her novel is about a dystopian America where women of all ages have been silenced, allowed to speak only 100 words a day. Our protagonist, Dr. Jean McClellan an American linguistic scientist, (so ironic) saw the signs of the political storm but did nothing as people do when warned of…
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