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The Eighth: AN AMERICAN LANDSCAPE SHORT STORY
What if Lucifer were reborn to a catholic family in the Bronx?
Eleni is the eldest of eight children. She inherited the family apartment in Little Italy. She needs her husband of six months, Robert, to understand why she doesn't want to have children, ever.
When Eleni tells Robert about the evils her youngest brother, Daniel, has brought to the neighborhood and her family since he was a toddler, she can only hope that he will understand.
What horrible things could Daniel have possibly done to make Eleni fear raising her own children?
Eleni is the eldest of eight children. She inherited the family apartment in Little Italy. She needs her husband of six months, Robert, to understand why she doesn't want to have children, ever.
When Eleni tells Robert about the evils her youngest brother, Daniel, has brought to the neighborhood and her family since he was a toddler, she can only hope that he will understand.
What horrible things could Daniel have possibly done to make Eleni fear raising her own children?
13 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 13, 2022
About the author
Brien Crothers
19 books6 followersBrien writes adventure stories based on his many journeys near home and abroad.
If someone offered you a ticket to anywhere in the world, where would you go? Seems a fanciful question but it has inspired Brien to travel the world seeking one adventure after another for more than two decades.
He is currently working on a young adult travel adventure, a novel called Camino Child.
A novella with the backstory to Camino Child is available on briencrothers.com.
He has written for Ultrarunning Magazine and short stories, including one about a pink church in Switzerland, La Petite Cathédrale d’Elsie, which was published in the Napa Valley Writers 2021 anthology titled Third Harvest.
Under the pseudonym Chance Moon, Brien has also written and self-published two novels The Red Sedan and Goldblind.
If someone offered you a ticket to anywhere in the world, where would you go? Seems a fanciful question but it has inspired Brien to travel the world seeking one adventure after another for more than two decades.
He is currently working on a young adult travel adventure, a novel called Camino Child.
A novella with the backstory to Camino Child is available on briencrothers.com.
He has written for Ultrarunning Magazine and short stories, including one about a pink church in Switzerland, La Petite Cathédrale d’Elsie, which was published in the Napa Valley Writers 2021 anthology titled Third Harvest.
Under the pseudonym Chance Moon, Brien has also written and self-published two novels The Red Sedan and Goldblind.
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July 12, 2023
Good Story
I enjoyed this short story very much. It was simple to read and easy to understand. A fast read for sure. I recommend it.
I enjoyed this short story very much. It was simple to read and easy to understand. A fast read for sure. I recommend it.
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