Review
"There is a great temptation to discuss and describe each one of the astounding tales in Brian James Freeman's latest collection of short stories but to do that would diminish the profound impact each one will have on readers who must discover the hope and the darkness themselves. What I can say is that each will leave you greatly moved and a bit disoriented, as a truth is uncovered, a hope is concealed, a terror is faced, a horror is revealed... You will lose yourself in these pages."
-- Ron McLarty, author of The Memory of Running, Traveler, and The Dropper
Product Description
The Silent Attic: A Short Story
"My mother died three years ago, during the worst heat wave in decades. I was fifteen. My little brother, Daniel, was just three. My father was forty going on forever."
For Amy Walker, nothing has been the same since the cancer consumed her mother.
Her father spends all of his time working at the factory, not just to keep food on the table, but also to avoid the reality waiting for him at home.
Her little brother remembers their mother, but not in the way Amy does. Their mother is an abstract concept to him now, like a history lesson he might learn in school...
And at night Amy is haunted by the memory of her mother's last days... and one last trip up to the silent attic where her nightmares were born.
"My mother died three years ago, during the worst heat wave in decades. I was fifteen. My little brother, Daniel, was just three. My father was forty going on forever."
For Amy Walker, nothing has been the same since the cancer consumed her mother.
Her father spends all of his time working at the factory, not just to keep food on the table, but also to avoid the reality waiting for him at home.
Her little brother remembers their mother, but not in the way Amy does. Their mother is an abstract concept to him now, like a history lesson he might learn in school...
And at night Amy is haunted by the memory of her mother's last days... and one last trip up to the silent attic where her nightmares were born.
