Short Story Press Presents: "A Winters Morning", by Katelynd Jarvis.
"A Winters Morning" takes a close look at a young woman who is dealing with the residual affects of her abusive husband.
It gives a window into the emotional battle between still being in love with her husband and hating him. The story is told in a series of flashbacks. Some throw the listener directly into the moments, others are brief past-tense recollections. Told in first person, it allows the listener a window into the protagonist's direct thoughts and emotions, allowing them to get lost in the moment with her instead of being on the outside looking in. The story is told in a fluid time line in the span of a morning on what would have been her fourth wedding anniversary. It limits the characters to only the protagonist and her husband in the past tense. The story is not broken down into sections, rather it is told through flashbacks, allowing for a fluid time line but keeping the listener engaged without the abrupt ending or beginning of a section. This throws the listener into the constant emotional thralls with the protagonist.
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