Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Commentary

These are two very different pieces of flash fiction.  I wrote "Hawk" first.  The character in "Hawk" took on a life of her own at the end of the story, when she transforms and flies away.  The second, "Abandoned In Flight", was inspired by the last line of "Hawk".  I had re-read "Hawk" several times, feeling the cadence of the story, and after the third or fourth time through wrote "Abandoned In Flight".  I think, but cannot be certain, that they are the same woman. I find some strange comfort in that.  Perhaps it holds the promise of redemption. I will never know, but I would like to think so.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

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