It's a Story about Curtis
Curtis is lost in his final semester of college. He works part-time with no career plan. Months removed from a breakup, he spent the summer avoiding everyone.
His longtime friend Cassandra insists they meet for lunch. Taking a cue from his business class, they apply a fishbone diagram as a self-help tool to lift him out of his funk.
Enter Animals
Wild animals suddenly start talking with Curtis. Initially freaked out, he realizes they are also trying to help, although a squirrel seems more determined to watch television and lounge around the apartment.
His new friends say Luna caused this surreal change. Is Luna an animal too or something cosmic? They refuse to tell him.
Curtis decides to search for Luna and find out why she’s turned his life sideways.
Clay the Amateur
At the end of my 3rd year at North Carolina State University, I decided to start writing about college life and general observations. In my final semester, I decided to fictionalize these accounts
"Make some changes"
I was advised to change the narrative to first-person. The story had been written in third-person
Instead of a fictitious university in a fictitious town, twas advised to change the story NCSU, places around Raleigh such as Kentwood Park, and other towns in North Carolina
YOLO
The Fishbone Wolf is my first novella. I have a short story near completion and started another short story and novella. I have three other novellas outlined. My 2025 goal is to publish the two short stories together, and publish the novella in 2026 (we'll see)
Red Hot Chili Peppers / Charlotte, NC / September 1, 2022