“Idle Hands” — New Haven Review (February 2017)
My novelette “Idle Hands” was published in the February 2017 issue of the New Haven Review.
First Lines
Sylvia: 1971
God or no God, Sylvia Vieira’s special day was all wrong. No mother helped Sylvia fasten her dress for her First Communion. No little sister burst into her bedroom, upending her collection of pressed flowers and carefully preserved damselfly wings, then looking falsely outraged when Sylvia complained.
Buy A Copy
Buy a copy of the New Haven Review, the essay, fiction, poetry, art, and book review journal where “Idle Hands” first appeared (Issue 019): http://www.newhavenreview.com/subscribeordonate/