My story Gem and l is the story of twin sisters, Gem and June, told in first person perspective of 7 year old June, who has to learn the pangs of being a child whose grandfather thinks she is a spawn of the devil.
After falling on hard times the twins are up-rooted and taken back to their momma's childhood home, where they must only be seen one at a time and the overt cruelty of their grandfather teaches them the power within sisterhood, and shiny sharp things.
Soledad No. 4. contains Essays by LaShane Arnett, Cosmotropia De Xam,Tara Hanks, Chris O’NeilL and Jeremy R Richey. Fiction by Les Bohem and Robert Monell. Interviews with Rachel Audrey, Marcelline Block, Fragments of Fear, Gabbie Bam Bam, Grumpy Bear, Kai Krick and Miles Ladin. Photography by John Levy, Ruth La Sure and Jeremy R Richey. Poetry by Neddal Ayad, Emily Clare Bryant, John Levy and Ruth La Sure.
"The secret to great writing is having emotional honesty.
Letting your visceral truth imbue the page."
~LaShane