Absent-father Stories

"Communion with the Dead" first appeared in The Chariton Review in 2008, and it marks a shift in style for the author. It's set in a small village in Italy in the 1950s, which was a very different setting from virtually all of the author's previous stories. It also experiments with narrative style with insertions of stream of consciousness at various points. It's also the only story by the author that references opera.

Personal OC lore! Novelty lived a normal life. A regular kid under a fairly strict parent's guidance. Then, she encountered an event that changed her life and of the ones around her. It feels like everything is falling apart. Why is she any special? She's just a human. (Read tags for the content in the story please) ( ・∇・)

After her dad leaves without an explanation Phoenix is left to wonder why her parents got divorced and her father left them. Phoenix feels betrayed by her father for many reasons and there are more reasons every day.