Three Horses for a Narrator

I am currently at work on an autobiographical novel whose central theme is the formation of self-awareness at various reality crossings; the language that has joined me for this project is French, my native tongue.

Since 2021, I have published about thirty stories in English. Yet, suddenly, like an exhausted horse, my English came to a halt. Not one to push an animal, I got off the saddle. Quizzically, my English steed stared back at me. In her eyes, I saw that I was no jockey.

We’d been running to stave off our unease, but we’d galloped so far from our original stable that we needed to build a new one closer to where we’d arrived. We needed a home where we would feel safe and content. As soon as we finished formulating our desire, a third horse showed up. A French horse. For a while now, we’ve all been learning to relax in each other’s company. We’ve also been eating a lot of grass and flowers.

The manuscript is scheduled for completion in the Summer of 2024.

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