Behind the Story: Rasp

*This post contains spoilers. If you haven’t yet done so, read “Rasp” now.

The first draft of “Rasp” was written, I want to say, in 2011, as a creative writing student at Grand Valley State University (Go Lakers!). I don’t remember many details about the first draft, or the second draft, or the third, but I do remember that it was, at most, half the length of what it is today. I think it was one of those stories that I proudly handed in for workshop on multiple occasions that came back each t...