“Crybaby Bridge” to be available thru Dark River Press
Dark River Press has accepted one of my short stories called “Crybaby Bridge,” about a family curse and a haunted bridge (you knew a bridge had to figure into it somewhere). I wrote the story as an exemplar for my American literature students while I was teaching a unit on romanticism, including the works of Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne.
The assignment I gave my classes was to write a short story that included three of the five thematic categories of romanticism:
- Individualism
- Intuition vs. Reality
- Love of Nature/Exotic Settings
- Nationalism & the Past
- Supernatural Elements
My students were then supposed to highlight these characteristics using preassigned colors. It was probably the most fun I had with a writing assignment. It was my hope that my classes felt the same way, but in retrospect, I should have given them a few other options as their assessment for the unit. Oh well…
“Crybaby Bridge” will be published in Dark River Press in issue #3 this June.
February 2, 2012 at 7:35 am
Way to go, Chris
February 2, 2012 at 10:05 am
Im so happy for you!! CONGRATS!!