My podcast this week is from a short story I expect to finish today. I am sure the title will change.
Enjoy!
The Podcast:
The Transcript:
This is 60 Seconds of Writing in Public with Johanna Rothman for March 14, 2025, where I read an excerpt of just a minute of some writing in progress.
This is from a fiction story, tentatively titled An Unhappy Hike.
The War Memorial Tower on Mount Greylock was still shrouded in the late April mist. Molly Black was excited to finish this, her highest-altitude, most challenging Massachusetts hike.
The late April morning sun had long since vanished. Now, the weather was cold, unfeeling, and downright wet.
Less than a quarter-mile from the Tower, the light mist turned to rain. Molly had not realized how stinky everything could be once the ground unfroze. The earlier mist had made everything wet. All she could smell was the mold, mildew, and musk of last year’s growth.
She wrinkled her nose. Not appealing was an understatement.
The wind gusted, and Molly shivered in response. She stopped momentarily to zip up her bright orange hiking jacket. She glanced down at her small round thermometer on the zipper pull. No wonder she was cold—the temperature had dropped over ten degrees since she had started.
The Video:
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