Short story published in Brushfire magazine
A short story I wrote titled "Carbon Copy" was published in the Spring 2021 edition of literary journal Brushfire. I submitted the work through a submission call. "Carbon Copy" is a short story I wrote for a university class about a romantic weekend that turns sinister. In the short story, I experimented with the second person, creating a sense of simultaneous closeness and depersonalization for the reader.
Excerpt from "Carbon Copy"
"You wake up to the sound of shuffling. She’s flipping through one of your work folders by the light of a lighter flame. What the hell, she mutters. You blink, reconfiguring yourself. The room has gone dark, so you can’t gauge time. The mattress is warm against your stomach but when you shuffle, the duvet slips off you onto the floor, exposing your bare skin to the cool room air.
She notices your movement and turns on the light. Where’s your tattoo, she asks, brandishing her lighter like a weapon."
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