Description:
The apocalypse finds Alex drunk and living in Florida with her dead husband's father in his falling-down house. The most rewarding part of her day is wrestling eggs from feral Muscovy ducks and cooking fresh scrambles. The least rewarding part is consuming wine enough to drown a civilization-or at least the memory of one. When Alex meets the preacher, she needs help with a burial and the preacher needs a fresh pair of shoes. A bargain is struck. As they face the slow-moving apocalypse together, a spontaneous community forms and Alex learns that how they die is unimportant, but how they live means everything.
Brief description:
Loretta has been a writer since childhood. She's also been a bartender, actor, grocery store clerk, stand-up comedian, marketing executive, singer/songwriter/bandleader, and seeker. Her work has appeared in Reflections, The Ekphrastic Review, Paragraph Planet, Scribes*MICRO*Fiction, and Reed College Small Press. She loves dogs and trees and lives in Florida.
Upcoming from the author:
A full-length novel set in the Redwood Rainforest. It's a tale of impossibly tall trees, a feral marijuana farmer, nighttime visits from strange beings corporeal and ethereal, mass disappearances of humans and animals, and other forms of High Strangeness that make up everyday life in Outlaw Country. It is as yet untitled.