I don’t often get the chance to write two posts on one weekend, but a combination of circumstances have made it possible today. First, it’s a holiday weekend. Second, I had two stories published the same day (July 1) and I like to give the links as soon as I can. The second story, published under the title “Prom Night,” appeared in Exterminating Angel Press: The Magazine ( here ). The original title was “The Death of Oil City,” and the story was written (or overwritten) about five years ago. Many journals turned it down. This is, in many ways, a biographical story. I don’t often try to write a first-person narrative as a female. I know many editors who say men can’t, and shouldn’t, do such things. The protagonist for this story, however, had to be female since, in this situation, so much had to be lost. It’s my celebration, or mourning, for a small town. Oil City, Pennsylvania actually exists. I went to high school ther...
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