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An interview with Stephen Bent, author of Trees Grow Around Wire

by Sarah Orr Aten Sarah: First things first — can you tell me a little bit about your writing? How long have you been doing it? What does writing do for you? Steve: My blog is nine years old. SteveForTheDeaf came from two things. Firstly, as a long-haired, bone-idle twenty-something I spent hours debating musicContinue reading “An interview with Stephen Bent, author of Trees Grow Around Wire”

Trees Grow Around Wire

By Stephen Bret Part 3 The air outside was bright and heavy. Insects hummed in the grass. The clearing shone, almost white. Well, what passes for white around here. In each corner, where the sun caught the gravel, the bleached earth denied it had ever been mud, a bog, a puddle or dirt. It layContinue reading “Trees Grow Around Wire”

Trees Grow Around Wire

By Stephen Bent Part 2: It was not a stumble; I didn’t snag my boot on a root or slip in the wet. It was a drop. It was that precipice. And I ran straight off the edge of it. Straight off of the world I’d been hurrying through and into a deep, high-sided bowlContinue reading “Trees Grow Around Wire”

Trees Grow Around Wire

By Stephen Bent Part 1: I was 11 in 1985. We moved into Forester’s Cottage in early November, when the light went thin, and the trees stood like grey ribs around the clearing. Every winter before that, the streets had been lit by street lamps and rain on concrete, reflecting headlights. Living among these treesContinue reading “Trees Grow Around Wire”

Lost Past; A Star Trek Story

Paramount Global owns the Star Trek franchise. This is a piece of fan fiction based on Star Trek the Next Generation. May I? “You have done a marvelous job recreating the meadow of Omicron Theta.” Sher’s voice brought Data’s thoughts back to the Enterprise. “Thank you.” She sat down beside of him. “Are you goingContinue reading “Lost Past; A Star Trek Story”