Chapter 14 of The Aphanes is up.

[tocryabout]

Chapter 14, Stendhal Syndrome is finished. Piotr and Bobby! James Joyce references! Epilepsy!

The last chapter and the epilogue will appear together, probably fairly soon.

Comments

[talktooloose.livejournal.com]

This chapter was marvelous. It is a great joy to watch Joel emerging as a remarkable young man and doing it in ways that no one expects. He is not being molded by any of his therapists or mentors -- he is materializing from the Aphanes of his own paralysis into vivid, passionate engagement.

Yowza.

[waterstrider.livejournal.com]

I'm really happy to hear this. Writing recovery and redemption is a lot harder than writing destruction and misery, and this is exactly the point where I've been worried about dropping the ball.

I originally had something completely different in mind for Joel, but he's had his own ideas. The sense of engagement, though, is exactly what I wanted.