The castle alarm bells ring, shrieking day’s massive assault; eight thousand pound eyelids, hazy fuzzy light in the sky; with that sound comes the fury
– From “Necessity” by Ross Knapp
Contributors: Erik Allen, D. Ferrara, Lisa Jay, Ross Knapp, Holly Painter, R.V. Scaramella, James Shrader, Leslee Rene Wright
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An interesting read. I do enjoy reading your writings.
well written and revealing exploration of love, marriage & life
I love the piece by D. Ferrara. Besides being a daughter and a student in the 1970s, I love how compact her writing is. She has a canny ability to capture a vivid image in single sentence, and her language while tight is rich. I also feel the tension and the distance tightening like bindweed. I find myself lingering over a sentence to savor both her perspective and mine–though for me, it was Cat Stevens, not James Taylor.
D Ferrrara’s story is fuIll of amazing and powerful surprises. I loved the end in particular. The characters are so distinctly drawn. The writing is both cinematic and literary.
I really enjoyed D Ferrara’s story Lucille. It started low-key and then expanding into something deeply moving. I found it full of resonances that anyone of a certain age is bound to pick up on. It did what the best stories do – explored something universal through a deep immersion in the particular. This is a beautifully written and psychologically insightful tale of choices and regrets with a wonderfully redemptive ending.