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Leopardia (A Short Story)

LaTanya McQueen

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This story was originally published in Day One, a weekly literary journal dedicated to short fiction and poetry from emerging writers.It’s been a year since his father left, and because his mother won’t provide any of the answers he craves, Billy turns to his imagination in order to cope. At the same time that Billy begins to spout increasingly outlandish fabrications, rumors spread of a leopard on the loose, prowling the neighborhood. Billy becomes determined to hunt it down, a daring feat that will prove to his mother that not everything he says is a lie. Capturing the moment when the illusions of childhood either fall away or morph into half-truths, Leopardia tells a story of a boy forced to see the cracks within his fantasies and to accept the grown-up state of unknowing.

Language: English

Pages: 19

Format: Kindle Edition

Release: May 07, 2014

Leopardia (A Short Story)

LaTanya McQueen

0/5 ( ratings)

This story was originally published in Day One, a weekly literary journal dedicated to short fiction and poetry from emerging writers.It’s been a year since his father left, and because his mother won’t provide any of the answers he craves, Billy turns to his imagination in order to cope. At the same time that Billy begins to spout increasingly outlandish fabrications, rumors spread of a leopard on the loose, prowling the neighborhood. Billy becomes determined to hunt it down, a daring feat that will prove to his mother that not everything he says is a lie. Capturing the moment when the illusions of childhood either fall away or morph into half-truths, Leopardia tells a story of a boy forced to see the cracks within his fantasies and to accept the grown-up state of unknowing.

Language: English

Pages: 19

Format: Kindle Edition

Release: May 07, 2014

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