An Unfortunate Accident
An Unfortunate Accident Suffering from a severe case of writer’s block, Graham Dixon does the unthinkable to inspire his next bestseller. Will the price he has to pay cost him everything? Excerpt: My temper, which had been simmering since the interview, began to boil as I stared at the blank screen. Nothing. Not one [darn] word. “Passive aggressive [witch],” I muttered, slamming the laptop closed and pushing away from my desk. “Favorite author, my [behind].” I collapsed onto the couch, too exhausted to bother with food despite my growling stomach. Unbeckoned images swirled in my mind in the space between wakefulness and slumber, thwarted from infecting my dreams by a sudden thwack against my patio door. Shaky with adrenaline, it took me a minute to get up to see what it was. A large conch shell lay broken on my deck. I opened the door and felt along the glass, then scanned the beach. ...