Freaks of Nature

When Ethan Elliot, the prodigal son with a poet’s heart, crosses paths with the eccentric Jules, their trajectories align, hurtling them far from the boroughs of New York City, on a life-changing, cross-country, roller-coaster ride into the bowels of Middle America. After a hap chance meeting on a subway in Manhattan, Ethan and Jules are forever bound by a single self-portrait. However, it’s only after we are introduced to the worldly, mystery drifter, Wolfgang, that their true colors begin to show. The three “lost souls…nbsp; take off in a Chevy Chevelle bound for Boonville, Missouri expecting to find themselves, the world they once knew, and their shared divination. What they don’t expect is to be taken hostage by a family member that they have never met. "Freaks of Nature" is a coming of age story about forgiveness, providence, and our redemption as a human race. It takes the reader through Ethan’s slapdash, and often times frightening, view of today’s America, demanding us to face our gluttonous zeitgeist and nudging us back towards our intended humanity. But more than simply a story about a character’s growth into fruition; at approximately 90,000 words, it’s a commentary on the anomaly, or “freaks†, we’ve become as a society. First round draft. Looking for any advice: creative, technical, what have you.

• Chapter 1 - Trisha (rewrite)"Intro to Ethan, his fascina..."
• Chapter 2 - Gretchen (rewrite)"Intro some more interesting..."
• Chapter 3 - Jules"Jules and Ethan's paths cro..."
• Chapter 4 - Grandma Pearl"A glimpse into Ethan's hist..."
• Chapter 5 - Eve"Jules shows up to Ethan's p..."
• Chapter 6 - Wolfgang"Here we are introduced to W..."
• Chapter 7 - Jerod"Ethan returns home to find ..."
• Chapter 8 - Auntie B"Jules moves in. Dinner wit..."
• Chapter 9 - Mr. Hyde"Ethan meets Wolfgang for a ..."
• Chapter 10 - Francis Scott Key"Ethan receives a startling ..."
• Chapter 11 - Lisa"Jules receives a phonecall ..."
• Chapter 12 - The Aging "Waiter""Ethan, Jules, and Wolfgang ..."
• Chapter 13 - Eloise"The tigh-nit friendship beg..."
• Chapter 14 - Rosey: Queen of Cancer"Relationships slowly deteri..."
• Chapter 15 - Wally George"Ethan, Jules, and Wolfgang ..."
• Chapter 16 - The Elderly, Black Man"The three arrive at Lisa's ..."
• Chapter 17 - Lucky"Our frightening, life-threa..."
• Chapter 18 - (Untitled)"Someone's got a craving! W..."
• Chapter 19 - Enid and Arthur"We get a deeper glimpse int..."
• Chapter 20 - Mohammed"Slurpees, smokes, and a rev..."
• Chapter 21 - Pop"The truth comes out."
• Chapter 22 - The "Farmer""Lucky and Ethan find that t..."
• Chapter 23 - Newton, Daisy, and Colfax"Lucky has something in stor..."
• Chapter 24 - The Children of the Damned"Things come to a head. A p..."
• Chapter 25 - General Sschwarzkopf "When Ethan Elliot, the prod..."
• Chapter 26 - Anonymous "When Ethan Elliot, the prod..."
• Chapter 27 - Sarah "When Ethan Elliot, the prod..."
• Chapter 28 - Evan "When Ethan Elliot, the prod..."
• Chapter 29 - My Guardian Angel"The penultimate chapter."
• Chapter 30 - Ethan"The remaining two say goodb..."