Hello Readers, Writers, and Precious Patrons and thank you
for visiting All Authors Blog. For the next two weeks, we will be meeting the
participants of the third installment of the Concordant Vibrancy collection, entitled “Lustrate”.
Today, we present Beem Weeks who will discuss why he decided to participate in Lustrate,
along with a small excerpt from his work.
What inspired me
to be part of Lustrate?:
The theme of this
collection is a huge reason for me. I immediately conjured ideas for a short
story that fell in line with this theme. What embodies the composition of
fluidity? That's a great question to ponder, to write about, to find
creativity within those words. Fluidity often means changing from one thing to
another. Change can be scary or it can be good. The one thing about change: It
is certain to happen. Having an opportunity to share the same pages with so
many talented indie authors is also a deciding factor in accepting this
incredible invitation. I am humbled and honored to have my name connected with
this project.
Excerpt from
Overcome (Holy Water):
We drink water to
stay alive. Water gives life to the vegetables we plant in our fields. Rivers
carve out shipping lanes for commerce. Those same rivers will run
hydro-electric generators giving electricity to large metropolitan cities like
Nashville, Birmingham, and Little Rock.
But water, well,
it possesses other properties most folks won't even consider. Water changes
people and places. It alters the living.
I came up in
Little Rock, Arkansas, during those Jim Crow days. Being black meant I couldn't
just waltz into the diner, slide into a booth, and order a hamburger, French
fries, and a milk shake. It meant I had to search out the appropriate drinking
fountain on those sweltering summer afternoons. It's just the way things were.
Democrats had their say, and their say meant segregation of the races—even
though my mama always said there ain't but one race: the human race.
For more
of Overcome (Holy Water) and other contributions
in Concordant Vibrancy 3: Lustrate, rush
and acquire on January 17th.
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