Ama Patterson
Excerpt:
Mel winced in the obscene morning brightness and stumbled downstairs, pining for coffee. Halfway between the sink and the coffeemaker, he back-tracked to the kitchen window, blinking until the view came fully into focus. Yes. The grass was, in fact, greener on the other side of the fence. That was Mel's damn lawn, all 3,430 overpriced Verdi-Gen® square feet of it, sprawled peacefully in his neighbors’ yard, basking in the shade of the Norway maple whose roots straddled their property lines. Damn it. It was the third time that month.
Bio:
Ama Patterson attended the Clarion West Writers Workshop in 1999. Her short fiction is included in 80! Memories and Reflections on Ursula K. Le Guin (Karen Joy Fowler and Debbie Notkin, editors, Aqueduct Press), and Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora (Sherée Renee Thomas, editor, Warner Books).
Writing Description:
Odd tales of my persistent obsessions.
Writing Goals:
I will write 250 words a day, every day, for the duration of the Write-a-thon.
