Permanent
Spring Showers
by
Scott D. Southard
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
BLURB:
Professor
Rebecca Stanley-Wilson is having a very bad season. The
ramifications of one torrid evening with one of the great upcoming
painters of his generation, will not only be felt across her life but
over the entire art world. Sexy, funny, and very surprising,
Permanent Spring Showers is the tale of one very memorable springtime
and how it impacts a group of unique artists and dreamers. From the
the hopeful Olympian with the failing marriage to the writer who is
creating a new literary movement (through outright manipulation) to
the romantic wondering what he did wrong to drive away the love of
his life, each tale walks the line between reality and fantasy. And
waiting at the end of the line is a very important painting... and
possibly the revolver used in the Lincoln Assassination.
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Excerpt
“What
are you thinking? She’s an escort!”
“I’m
in love, Steve. After sitting through the first twenty minutes of
this lunch, it’s obvious you certainly still remember what that
feeling is like.” He pushed his plate forward.
"But
Clark…” I began.
He
interrupted, “And it’s not like she wants to do that her entire
life, Steve, if that is what is troubling you. She is doing it to pay
for college.”
I
stopped, the car of my mind shifting gears again. “Wait, did you
say ‘is’? Do you mean she is still doing it?”
“Well,
times are tough all over,” Clark replied far too calmly for my
taste. “Have you seen college tuition rates this year?”
“And
she’s really in college?” I asked, shocked. I began to wonder if
I was on one of those TV shows and a camera was hidden in a bush
nearby me.
My shock
was perfectly mirrored by the opposite reflection of the casualness
of my brother.
“You
didn’t think I would marry an idiot did you, Steve? I need to be
mentally challenged, you know that. She is studying education; her
dream’s to teach third graders.”
“You’re
engaged to a hooker…”
“Escort,”
he corrected quickly for a third time.
“Oh,
I’m sorry,” I said sarcastically. “You are engaged to an active
escort who wants to be an elementary school teacher?”
“Yes,”
Clark said with a dramatic point across the table at me. “And
Steve, this is where you come in. You need to help me introduce her
to mom and dad.”
AUTHOR
Bio and Links:
Scott D.
Southard is the author of A Jane Austen Daydream, Maximilian
Standforth and the Case of the Dangerous Dare, My Problem With Doors,
Megan, 3 Days in Rome and Me Stuff in addition to his latest release,
Permanent Spring Showers. His eclectic writing has also found its way
into radio, as Scott was the creator of the radio comedy series The
Dante Experience. The production was honored with the Golden Headset
Award for Best MultiCast Audio and the Silver Ogle Award for Best
Fantasy Audio Production. Scott received his Master's in writing from
the University of Southern California. Scott can be found on the
internet via his writing blog “The Musings & Artful Blunders of
Scott D. Southard" where he writes on topics ranging from
writing, art, books, TV, writing, parenting, life, movies, and
writing. He even shares original fiction on the site. His blog can be
found at http://sdsouthard.com. Scott is also the fiction book
reviewer for WKAR's daily radio show Current State.
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