Contemporaneous: Chapters 25 – 26
25. Every aspect of my life seeps back in: the weight of my body; the tiredness in my eyes and my muscles; the imbalance in my mind, thoughts too quick; the way the nerve damage has scrunched up my right foot, and the break welded the ankle until it’s almost fused; and then the dissonance, of feeling I’m not fitting, and unsure what comes next. But that’s different, like feeling the onset of a bug, feeling it gradually worsen, feeling it become incapacitating, but that now happens so quickly, almost instantaneously, and only in feeling it come on do I know how far removed I am from whatever I shouldn’t…
Prudence: A Tempestuous Night of Pervasive Desires
Title: Prudence: A Tempestuous Night of Pervasive Desires Publisher: ECG Press Publication Date: 5 November 2024 Category: Psychosexual Noir Paperback: (234 x 156 mm, 334 pages) ISBN Print: 978-1-7636892-0-6 Ebook: 978-0-6454853-5-6 A prestigious and mysterious nightclub. A glamorous but aging hostess who’s battling to retain her marquee. An unscrupulous sultry beauty focused only on her own ruthless ambition. A noble widower searching for love. Two irreverent barflies who may or may not be what they seem. Three young couples whose relationships will be challenged until only doubt remains. A jaded model trying to find her self-respect. A male stripper lost in his own dissonance. A dreamer gambling on a…
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