4 Comments
User's avatar
Nathan Slake's avatar

Fascinating, Brian. Great and entrancing read. I've generally always rolled my eyes at kitsch trinkets in gift shops, but I like your exploration here.

Thank you for sharing the snippet from the draft. I'm very intrigued. It paints a clear and distinctive image and place with so few words.

This line was superb: "My daydream interrupted by a stern throat filled with phlegm, a densely packed chest loosening up with the first early morning cigarette of an old smoker."

Expand full comment
Brian Wilcox's avatar

Thanks Nathan! I mentioned Im struggling to get through the series. Work and some conference material pulled me away for a couple weeks (lousy excuse but oh well). Excited to get to part three though and move into some posts of serialized work I am currently progressing. Thanks again for reading.

Expand full comment
Nathan Slake's avatar

I know how that can get. Hope you manage to find the balance across everything.

Look forward to part three and whatever comes after!

Expand full comment
User's avatar
Comment deleted
May 27, 2024
Comment deleted
Expand full comment
Brian Wilcox's avatar

Thanks for taking a read at that section…that was a long post overall, probably too much for a newsletter but oh well.

Expand full comment