Coming soon | Fiction
David E. Sproule | Workshop draft
The Long Thaw
Waiting for news while spring takes months
Literary fiction | workshop draft, about 13,362 words, 8 chapters
Waiting for news while spring takes months Target about 14000 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 chill of the morning air clung to Margaret's fingers as she sipped her tea, the steam rising like tiny ghostly fingers into the quiet room. Edmonton's Long Thaw had settled in, a relentless freeze that made the city feel more like a winter that would never end. The coffee table in front of her held a letter, its edges curled slightly from the cold. Her hands trembled, not from the frost, but from the weight of anticipation. Margaret had always been a creature of routine, her days structured like a well-worn map. But today, the map was disheveled, the lines blurred.
Chapters in this draft
- Opening
- Pressure
- Choice
- Fracture
- Consequence
- Reckoning
- Turn
- Close
Soft Margins
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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.
