A brutal story about a young man being torn apart by his parents’ violent divorce, and his inability to cope with his mother’s alcoholism and his father’s abuse, until, finally, things come to a head when he faces down his father.
Category: Short Stories
Jan 18
My Very First Short Story
- By James Weil in Short Stories
Recently, I went through an old file cabinet and found my very first short story that I wrote when I was fifteen. I never did give it a title, and I never showed it to anybody. I remember being filled with rage when I wrote it because of the way I was bullied by my classmates. That’s when I first discovered that I had an outlet for all the pent up emotion inside me.
On Writing
The job of a writer is to tap into his innermost psyche and express himself unabashedly with brutal honesty, without regard to what others may think of what he exposed. He must push the limits of what is acceptable.
Any writer worth his salt never apologizes for writing what’s in his heart, no matter if it means sacrificing those who are closest to him. This is all part of being true to yourself and your craft.