Yvette and John Talk Love and Sense – A New One-Act Play
A New One-Act Play – Yvette and John Talk Love and Sense, just published by the fine folks at Impspired. This one-act stage script appears in Issue 30 of Impspired and relates the tale of Yvette and John, two estranged lovers celebrating their first anniversary after sixteen years apart. They discuss the science and sensibility of love while watching the sunset. The genre is literary fiction, stage play.
Read the Play NOW!
First, a huge shout-out to the great editors at Impspired. Stage plays aren’t widely accepted by literary journals, so I’m giving a huge tip o’ the writer lid to Imspired. Yvette and John Talk Love and Sense is my first piece to appear in this excellent online ‘Zine. I hope to become a steady contributor. Without further ado, mash the big button, and you will be whisked away to the hushed stage.
Do you desire more than a single play? Fear not! Impspired has just what you need for these long summer days. Better yet, how about your choice of free reads? That’s right, Friends and Neighbors, Impspired is a FREE online read. Show the editors some love, support an Indie Author (yours truly!), and all without forking over a dime. You can’t lose!
But wait, there’s more! Impspired is a quirky mix of all manner and genre of short fiction and more. New stories regularly. Intrigued? You should be! Besides reading my play (yes please!) you can peruse the current Impspired lineup at:
And tell them Marco sent ya, right? Really, I get writer karma points, so throw my name around like gnawed chicken bones.
And… It’s August
For the last few posts, I have been moaning about the July madness here at MEF headquarters. Well, it’s a new month, Friends and Neighbors. New stories are being hatched, submissions sent out, and hopeful fingers crossed. In the meantime, there are still herds of accepted stories waiting to bust out of their respective corrals. How will you know when a new story breaks free? Glad you asked, Friends. Read On!
Meanwhile, don’t miss any upcoming stories. You can stay tuned for all the latest by following the MEF blog:
Last but not least, allow me to plug a book. What can I say? I need to pay the virtual rent and you need some summer reading. That said, how about a dark (and sometimes funny) zombie novel? That’s right, folks, it’s here! The original, the one that started it all, The Best Dark Rain awaits your hungry reader eyes:
The Best Dark Rain: A Post Apocalyptic Struggle for Life and Love
Seattle is dead. Almost dead. Liz and Pat are the last couple standing. Survival is only half the battle. Living is hard, trusting is harder.
There is precious little room for love in a dead city, a dead world. For not quite everyone died. Better if they had. Armed bands stalk the streets. In the shadows worse enemies prowl, horrible enemies. At the center of this bleak urban waste lies a makeshift fort. It is the refuge of Liz Walker and Pat O’Shea. They are the last living couple in the shell of what was once Seattle.
There is precious little room for love in a dead city, a dead world. For not quite everyone died. Better if they had. Armed bands stalk the streets. In the shadows worse enemies prowl, horrible enemies. At the center of this bleak urban waste lies a makeshift fort. It is the refuge of Liz Walker and Pat O’Shea. They are the last living couple in the shell of what was once Seattle. Here on these dead streets a woman and a man must learn to love and fight. They bear weapons scavenged from the dead. Each of them carries the shadow of a past that could threaten their future. Amid murderous survivors and unlikely allies, the threat of hunters and the danger of trusting, Liz and Pat must battle for their lives. The stakes are high. For they must protect their newfound love as well as their lives. To lose either means to face alone this horrific world. Follow the adventure of Liz and Pat in The Best Dark Rain: A Post-Apocalyptic Strugglefor Life and Love. Buy your copy today!
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Marco Etheridge
Marco Etheridge is a writer of prose, an occasional playwright, and a part-time poet. He lives and writes in Vienna, Austria. His work has been featured in over one hundred reviews and journals across Canada, Australia, the UK, and the USA. His story “Power Tools” has been nominated for Best of the Web for 2023. “Power Tools” is Marco’s latest collection of short fiction. When he isn’t crafting stories, Marco is a contributing editor for a new ‘Zine called Hotch Potch. In his other life, Marco travels the world with his lovely wife Sabine. Website: https://www.marcoetheridgefiction.com/