New Short Story

Posted in June 1, 2010 ¬ 1:13 AM.Eric Shonkwiler6 Comments »

I’ve got a new short story up at Connotation Press.  It’s “rust noir”, as I like to call it.  A modern, Midwestern spin on the traditional noir tale.  You can find it here. The story is called “Rural Tendencies”.  You can also find an essay on Cowboy Bebop and noir that I wrote here. Some of my MFA compatriots have similarly slanted pieces up on Connotation’s site.

I had some intentions of writing about my life of late.  Suffice to say I’m very busy, five-day weekends exhausting me as much as the weekdays.  Odd thoughts about feeling adjusted to living here, about putting things on pause while I go home to Ohio.  Went to a barbecue in Irvine for Memorial Day*.  Irvine is a strange, strange town.  The apartment complex had stores and a coffee shop inside, a pool, grills, a fountain…odd.  Lying on the grass I thought about how, even being acclimated, I still find it strange to live here, to be here.  I thought things would be very different.  My life, California itself, Riverside.  The journey is half over.  I get the feeling, though, that what’s to come is going to be the meat of it.

*My eternal gratitude to all who serve.

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