Coming soon | Fiction
David E. Sproule | Workshop draft
Four Rooms
Four Edmonton tenants, one landlord's death, seventy two hours
Literary fiction | workshop draft, about 16,315 words, 8 chapters
Four tenants, one empty landlord suite, seventy two hours to decide. Target about 18000 words. Workshop coming soon. Not for sale until SOON gates pass.
Not for sale
Workshop draft. Keeper pass still ahead.
Cover and brief are up. Workshop draft may already exist locally. Not for sale until a keeper pass and Soft Margins checkout.
Opening sample
First pass from the workshop. Not the ending.
Morning had slipped into the building like a thief in the night, its first light a thin, pale finger through the blinds. Anna, her movements as brisk as her thoughts, opened her door to the chill of the crisp air. The smell of stale coffee and damp earth mingled with the scent of her daughter’s shampoo, a faint reminder of home. She stepped into the hallway, the floorboards creaking under her feet. The peeling paint on the walls seemed to whisper of forgotten promises and broken dreams. Sara, with her weathered face and purposeful gait, shuffled down the hall, her cane tapping softly against the floor.
Chapters in this draft
- The notice on the door
- Room one: what they owed
- Room two: what they hid
- Room three: what they hoped
- Room four: what they refused
- The meeting in the hallway
- Seventy two hours
- Who stays
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About the author
David E. Sproule
Writes and builds from Edmonton, Alberta. Sproule Lit workshop drafts and Phyllux Tech, local first: files as masters, honest length, and tools people can use on a hard Tuesday.
