It takes reps to get better. Those hours on the court, in the shed, and on the water translate to improvement.
Signs of the Times is a collection of writing exercises. For 100 days, I took the (digital) front page every morning and wrote a short story.
The project yielded some interesting stories with different perspectives.
All fictional. All very real.
Start with the three stories below.
Yes, there’s more.↓
Power Tools
Many people remember the one who got the fruit, and they forget the bodies they stood on to finally touch the sweet skin.
How Could We Know
We were expected to gossip, flirt, pull pranks, look at a screen, do anything except acknowledge the shaking ground, the black clouds, the fear thicker than blood spreading through the room.
The Economists
Ian turned around again to see a crowd of men in wool sweaters, blazers, and button-up shirts huddled around a woman in a red pantsuit.
No Face to be Seen
I dress down his mask and imagine finding an angular jawline. Maybe he has a broken nose. That’d be hot.
A Most Naughty Nurse
She found herself placed in a private room. No beads, no curtain. Just a door.
