I have just submitted a new chapter of what will hopefully be an ongoing tale. It is the story of Eric Townsend, an experienced paramedic who has to take an assignment in the worst area of his city for family reasons. Eric's tale and my real life are very similar. I had to work such an assignment the entire time I was taking prerequisite classes to be admitted to nursing school, as that was the only assignment my seniority would allow me that had Tuesdays and Thursdays off for classes.
I originally started this tale a few years back, during a summer break in nursing school when I was desperate to start writing something again. I only got a few pages into the story at that time, but I picked it up again a few weeks ago because I have just finished Intemperance IV and I wanted to step into a different universe for a bit before getting into Intemperance V.
I will try to maintain production on this story, but my priority at the moment must remain the Intemperance story. I know at one point I told you all that I would start posting Brainwash, the story of the band of teachers in the Intemperance universe, but I found that I could not work on two stories of the same basic plot that take place in the same universe simultaneously. I'm hoping that In the Four-Four will be different, as it is a completely different tale.
In any case, I have just submitted the first chapter for posting and it should be appearing soon. Give it a read and let me know what you think. I present it as a realistic and gritty portrayal of what it is like to work an assignment in the ghetto.