Stories tagged “novel excerpt”

  • Excerpt of a much longer work...a break-up scene

    He couldn’t look me in the eyes anymore. He hadn’t been able to do that for six months. One day when he came home I was laying on his bed. He sat beside me and set a hand on my abdomen. His fingers were tense and when he stared down at his strained...

  • Another excerpt from a much longer work...um, abused kid scene.

    I read my baby sister Lorelei stories out of a fairy tale book. I had a habit of repeating the same story over and over again, particularly after Brennan’s wife would come stomping down the hallway to yell at us. “And the giant said, ‘Fee Fie...