Coming soon | Fiction
David E. Sproule | Workshop draft
Receipt for a Quiet Life
Small purchases old grief and a remembering cashier
Literary fiction | workshop draft, about 14,174 words, 8 chapters
Small purchases old grief and a remembering cashier Target about 16000 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 door creaked on its hinges, a familiar sound that still managed to jar her senses. Alberta stepped into the small convenience store, the fluorescent lights casting a harsh, clinical glow across the worn linoleum floor. The scent of stale coffee and damp carpet clung to her, a familiar comfort that was now tinged with unease. She had always loved this place, the way it smelled, the way it felt, but today, something was different. The shelves seemed to loom more than usual, their contents arranged in a haphazard fashion that made her fingers brush against the cool metal of the candy bar she picked up.
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.
