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The Last Ticket
My first short story
For a while now I have been thinking about writing fiction. What
follows is the first draft of the first chapter of my first short
story - or what might actually turn into a short novel.
The story is about Corey, a former medic who served in the Gulf War
and became a park ranger after he returned.
Corey struggles with his grief
after his wife and 5 month old son die tragically in a car accident.
Overwhelmed by sorrow, Corey feels that his life is completely meaningless and asks God
to let him die so that he can be re-united with his wife and son.
What unfolds is a strange journey where Corey meets various
people on the way and learns that his life had great significance.
But was it all too
late?
Well that’s the basic outline, I plan to add a chapter every two or three weeks and you
can
follow me on Twitter or Facebook.
Since they will be drafts they will likely be edited or even rewritten,
(even chapter numbers will be subject to change).
Depending on whether or not I find a publisher some chapters may be removed.
I would really love some feedback.
Please email, tweet or message me.
The Last Ticket by Les Ey
Copyright 2010
Independently published.
Chapter 1 (First draft 17/11/2010)
Corey Blakely was the kind of guy most folks took an instant liking to.
He was polite, unassuming, had a warm smile and seldom had a harsh word to say about anyone or anything.
That’s not to say he didn’t have any faults, just not the kind that were immediately annoying to most people.
He was one of those guys who would come to mind whenever you heard the expression,
“It couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy.”
Unfortunately something did happen to Corey; that something being the death of his wife Holly and 5 month old son,
Jayden.
It was all due to an accident involving a drunk driver from out of town who failed to give way. Corey escaped with a
broken leg. Barely two weeks had passed and his leg was in plaster but that was the least of his concerns, not only
had he lost his wife of 18 months and his only child but the other driver was uninsured and driving without a license,
the fact that the drunk had died was no consolation; the drunk had been unemployed and was virtually destitute and
Corey’s insurance did not cover accidents caused by uninsured motorists.
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