Just Published at Antonym
Ghost Bread – New Literary Fiction
Ghost Bread – New Literary Fiction. Hello, Dear Readers! This episode of MEF brings you my latest published short story. Ghost Bread was chosen for Antonym Magazine’s themed issue: Truth and Reconciliation – Post Conflict Reckoning. A family of Syrian refugees flees their war-torn homeland, enduring a harrowing journey. The characters travel great distances in this brief story, both geographically and culturally. They arrive in Europe empty-handed, alone in a strange new world.
What the Editors Say:
Marco Etheridge’s Ghost Bread poignantly captures the sadness, desperation, and the faint glimmer of hope that the uncertain life of a refugee embodies. Tracing the journey of a family from war-torn Syria to Vienna, it delineates their brutal dehumanization and exploitation at the hands of human traffickers and agents. Yet even as the refugee reaches her desired goal resettlement in a foreign land – the pain of displacement and loss lives on. Syria has been at the forefront of the refugee crisis for over a decade, with over 10 million men, women and children being displaced and in need of asylum.
Read the Story Now!
Read Ghost BreadOr, if you’re button phobic, here is the link to Antonym Magazine, where you can read my lit-fiction story Ghost Bread. Your free read is standing by!
More Stories Coming Your Way…
I’m here to tell you, Friends and Neighbors, it’s has been a wild week here at MEF. The deluge of stories may have run itself down to a trickle, but a huge wave is cresting the horizon. That wave is titled: Orphaned Lies. That’s right, Dear Readers! My very first collected volume of short stories is live, ready for your eager eyes. You can get your copy today, at fine online booksellers worldwide. All of the details are here at the MEF website. Better yet, get the skinny right here in this blog post:
Orphaned Lies – Collected Stories
The Journey of Orphaned Lies
The fifteen stories contained within these pages tell tales of love lost and love found, of darkness at the end of life, and light at the beginning. Unforgettable characters struggle against the impersonal forces of the outside world, and against the flaws they carry within themselves. There is quiet heroism and unwanted heroes discarded, acts of defiance and of acceptance. The inhabitants of these pages learn who they are, and sometimes, who they are not. Enter here, Reader, and join in the journey that is Orphaned Lies.
