One might almost suggest that it should be a Rodia Award in this case (who Joyce?), and that if Detroit upon return looked worse or even more run down than Tulsa...wow.
You don't have to. I saw Baltimore in the early '90s. HOMICIDE and THE WIRE didn't quite get at the utter desolation inland. We'd drive through what had been neighborhoods, now flattened as if by bunker-busters, and I said to Donna, Even the rats would have difficulty finding shelter here.
Patricia Abbott is the author of more than 125 stories that have appeared online, in print journals and in various anthologies. She is the author of two print novels CONCRETE ANGEL (2015) and SHOT IN DETROIT (2016)(Polis Books). CONCRETE ANGEL was nominated for an Anthony and Macavity Award in 2016. SHOT IN DETROIT was nominated for an Edgar Award and an Anthony Award in 2017. A collection of her stories I BRING SORROW AND OTHER STORIES OF TRANSGRESSION will appear in 2018.
She also authored two ebooks, MONKEY JUSTICE and HOME INVASION and co-edited DISCOUNT NOIR. She won a Derringer award for her story "My Hero." She lives outside Detroit.
Patricia (Patti) Abbott
SHOT IN DETROIT
Edgar Nominee 2017, Anthony nominee 2017
CONCRETE ANGEL
Polis Books, 2015-nominated for the Anthony and Macavity Awards
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One might almost suggest that it should be a Rodia Award in this case (who Joyce?), and that if Detroit upon return looked worse or even more run down than Tulsa...wow.
There is enough empty land in Detroit to put the city of Paris in. There is no way I can show you the state of things here.
You don't have to. I saw Baltimore in the early '90s. HOMICIDE and THE WIRE didn't quite get at the utter desolation inland. We'd drive through what had been neighborhoods, now flattened as if by bunker-busters, and I said to Donna, Even the rats would have difficulty finding shelter here.
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