Genre: Adult literary fiction, novella (the bridge between Moth Work & Feeding Habits)
Status: Completed (unpublished personal project)
Synopsis: It’s 2005 in Las Vegas and 21-year-old Harrison is tired of routines, of gods, of men. On a mission to move past a complicated breakup, he’s about to get recklessly indulgent–and he’s come to the right place.
Vibe: Lampposts at blue hour, the scent of chlorine, smoky bedrooms, glitter under the eyes, 'you're in a bathroom at a party,' curtains gauzed by sun, glitzy self-destruction, snapped crucifixes, shattered disco balls, drunk Bible readings
Harrison (narrator - 21) | impulsive, aloof, jaded, selfish, rigid, pessimistic
Jeremiah (21) | generous, romantic, mellow, adaptable
Chapter 1: Living Pictures
Chapter 2: Immaculate Mary
Chapter 3: 24-Karat Harrison
Harrison doesn’t need a god. Fully clothed in a stranger’s pool, he pities people who do. So what if he’s alone? The sunless sky is carbonated with stars, another stranger’s backyard smelling like burned cedarwood and marijuana. And he likes it here, star-fished on water that doesn’t belong to him, inventing constellations while someone else’s cigarette hangs from his lip. What god could manage this miracle? Take this drowsy tableau vivant: a man cloaked both by the sky’s navy and his own jacket’s leather, his eyes as wide as spoons. Harrison is fine art and God isn’t. He wins.
