RIVER STYX ONLINE
FICTION
The Stately Old Chemistry Building
“An 1898 photograph from McClellan Hall’s earliest days shows maples, forsythias, and a grove of apple trees flourishing on the quadrangle’s lush natural carpet.”
The Wisewoman Tells a Story About Commerce Before Renouncing Worldly Possessions:
“A rich man wanted to be richer, so he sold stars. How to sell a star? What people desperately want, they choose to believe they can buy.”
Characters
“Tonight, I’m in my gazebo that sits on a spit of land, narrow as a writing brush, that juts into the pond. No typing on screens tonight. My wine cup of white celadon sits on its matching saucer.”
River as Intermezzo
“Leekin ends at the river. The first people, the Catawba Nation, harnessed it with granite weirs.”
