“Write what should not be forgotten.”
— Isabelle Allende
Poetry
Writing
Version 2: “Sonnet of a Dying Soul”
Textbooks sprawled on the floor and loose-leaf papers painted with scribbles and arrows: failed attempts to make sense of the tremors and aches that coursed through her blood and bones.
Short Stories and Novel Excerpts
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The introduction of my Young Adult fiction novel Our Lost Stars, a story about 17-year-old Persephone who is one of the only surviving members of her family after a tragic car “accident” with her twin brother and father.
Short Stories,
excerpts,
writing
Alena Willbur
Short Stories,
excerpts,
writing
Alena Willbur
Our Lost Stars: The History of Death
The introduction of my Young Adult fiction novel Our Lost Stars, a story about 17-year-old Persephone who is one of the only surviving members of her family after a tragic car “accident” with her twin brother and father.