Willow Stories

 I wrote “Famine of the Word” as a piece of experimental fiction. Strangled by Scripture my heroic main character fights to survive. I was pleased with the effect and felt ready to move on to other projects, but Willow and her plight lingered in my mind. I’ve written a second story and a third is percolating. Trapped in a fundamentalist world, I enjoy Willow’s measured actions to find a way out. The Scripture that is meant to control her sometimes, surprisingly, sets her free. I like the dance/chess game interplay between Willow’s life and the ever present Scripture. This is a project I will definitely expand, but I’m not sure how much further it could go, maybe a novella?