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The Quiet Apartment
A short book of small rooms and long listening
Life | short field guide, about 2329 words, 6 chapters
A quiet literary short book about neighbors who hear more than they say. One winter in a walk up, grief and friendship move through thin walls. No fireworks. Plenty of human weather.
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The stairs smelled like wet wool and radiator paint. Emma took them two at a time because the hallway light was on a timer and she was tired of being caught in the dark with her keys. Christmas lights leaked through the stairwell window, the cheap kind that blink. She did not look at them long. A small package sat against her door. No stamp she could see. Tape with EMMA in block letters. She picked it up. The cardboard was soft at the corners, like it had lived in a coat pocket.
Chapters in this draft
- December Snow
- The Weight of Walls
- A Shared Burden
- Small Conversations
- The note stays
- The Sound of Sorrow
- Fractures
- The Space Between
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.
