It’s hard to believe this was the site of a Civil War battle. Yet, it’s where the Battle of First Manassas was.
10 Weeks of 10 Stories
Story #2 is off to a magazine for their May 31 deadline. It was a steampunk story, set in an alternate universe for the Civil War. I made use of a trip to the Manassas National Battlefield Park a few years ago, plus some research for a shelved Civil War novel. In it, women have been recruited into the army because too many men were killed, and they were going to lose without the extra people.
It was a lot of fun to write, though I’ll admit the first day of it was in panic, thinking, “This story is never going to work.” Day 2 was only slightly better, and then Day 3, it began to work.
Not sure what the next story will be yet. I have two ideas, but once isn’t due until October, and the other I can’t send until June.
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