This extract is from a novel in progress and is set during the 1600s, in New England. A fortnight before the birth of my brother, mother woke me with a silvery whisper. I had, since she had grown heavy with lethargy and child, taken the habit of watching over her in her sleep. I […]
Rex Rowley
The Meadows (working title)
A novel extract, set in the American Southwest around the time of the Trinity nuclear tests. Try tossing back an Atomic Cocktail: rinse a cocktail glass with green chartreuse, discard excess, meanwhile combine 2 oz gin, 1 oz dry vermouth, 1/4 oz aperol, 1/4 oz curaçao, and a dash of orange bitters in a […]
