Coming soon | Fiction
David E. Sproule | Workshop draft
Paper Trail
A bookkeeper finds a forty-year town secret
Literary fiction | workshop draft, about 14,059 words, 8 chapters
A bookkeeper finds a forty-year town secret Target about 15000 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.
The fluorescent lights flickered overhead, casting a pale, unsettling glow over the small accounting firm's interior. Margaret Sproule, a woman in her late fifties, moved methodically through the stacks of files, her fingers tapping gently on the keyboard. The hum of the office was a constant, soothing rhythm, broken only by the occasional rustle of paper or the soft click of the filing cabinet doors. Margaret’s neatly pressed dress clung to her frame, the fabric smooth and unyielding. Her hair was pulled back into a neat bun, the only concession to her age.
Chapters in this draft
- Opening
- Pressure
- Choice
- Fracture
- Consequence
- Reckoning
- Turn
- Close
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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.
