This is an amazingly fluid and engaging read, Zach. You'd worry the hell out of me if you were a housemate (I had such a housemate, so I know), but the mood, tone, imagery and flow are magnificent.
The funny thing is, were this writing from the 70s or 80s, nothing you wrote would have bothered anyone. In the 1930s just add a murder mystery and you'd have had a novella. Something has happened in the last thirty years and I think it has taken all of that long to occur.
Thank you! Yes, I was a wild man back then. It was all quite normalized in New Orleans at the time, but it does have an 80s undertone, where it would've gone unnoticed in almost any city during that decade.
I’m never not missing New Orleans. This was a terrific read. Thank you
Thank you for reading, and for not having horror as your first reaction.
This is an amazingly fluid and engaging read, Zach. You'd worry the hell out of me if you were a housemate (I had such a housemate, so I know), but the mood, tone, imagery and flow are magnificent.
The funny thing is, were this writing from the 70s or 80s, nothing you wrote would have bothered anyone. In the 1930s just add a murder mystery and you'd have had a novella. Something has happened in the last thirty years and I think it has taken all of that long to occur.
Any thoughts?
Thank you! Yes, I was a wild man back then. It was all quite normalized in New Orleans at the time, but it does have an 80s undertone, where it would've gone unnoticed in almost any city during that decade.