MULTIPLE VIEWPOINT FICTION

TODAY we offer a multiple viewpoint story, “The Museum of Jeremy’s Summer” by Andrea Donderi. Why do we like multiple viewpoints? Because it’s a way to present a more rounded, three-dimensional view of reality. We’re all raised in two-dimensional corridors where everything is a linear progression. Grades, schools, hierarchies. Stepping ever onward, farther, faster, on treadmills like hamsters. Like our mad technocratic society. “Progress.” Culminating in humanoid robots and AI devices doing our thinking for us. The writer’s task is to pause for a moment to address where we’re at, describing the people and world around us. Which Andrea well does.

ABOUT our new story: It’s subtle, the kind of artistic work which sneaks up on you, gradually immersing you into the narrative, its setting and characters, then suddenly. . . Impact! We know you’ll like it.

There’s something about how Christabel drives, slow, crouching over the wheel, her foot probably hovering on top of the brake —such a contrast with her crisp city linen clothes and sleek dark hair and that English voice of hers. And the way she and Jeremy keep glancing over at each other, just to check that everything’s okay. What kind of guy stays away all summer from a woman like Christabel and a kid like Jeremy? An English guy, evidently. Name of Adrian.

ON OTHER FRONTS

WE’RE SERIOUS about getting our Open Mic feature going again. See our latest post at it– “Life Cycle” by Kyle Van Horn— one more of the many new literary talents out there.