Another bonus little dog this month to share that my short story, “The Polite Kid,'“ is now available to read in The Downtime Review!
“The Polite Kid” was born out of a discarded scrap from one of my novels and a Flannery O’Connor binge, and it snowballed into something I almost don’t recognize as being mine. I’ve created a mood board for the story below, and if you are so kind as to read it, I recommend listening to “Untouched” by The Veronicas before you do, so that you can get into the mindset of being a painfully shy thirteen-year-old in 2009.
Click here to read “The Polite Kid.” The Downtime Review has put together a stunning issue that is worth reading cover to cover.
brb,
shannon
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The source of the photos above are:
School classroom from Flickr user zoovroo (CC BY 2.0 DEED)
Bedroom from Flickr user joecolatemilk (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED)
Naked Barbies from Flickr user littlepomegranate (CC BY-ND 2.0 DEED)
Hospital room from Flickr user Jo Naylor (CC BY 2.0 DEED)
Great Lash mascara from Natalie Jerebic, used with permission
Snowy mailbox from Flickr user Linda (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED)
AIM from Flickr user Brendan Dolan-Gavitt (CC BY-SA 2.0 DEED)
Monhegan Island from Flickr user DeepCWind (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED)
Messy bedroom Flickr user Keira Morgan (CC BY-NC 2.0 DEED)
Nail polish from Flickr user Alex Juel (CC BY-SA 2.0 DEED)
Greek goddess from Flickr user dragonoak (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED)
Closet from Flickr user k barker (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED)
Barbies from Flickr user Keddy Ann Outlaw (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED)