Flashback: The Fire

The idea for The Fire came to me after watching one of the shows I re-watch constantly. It’s America’s favorite comfort watch: Criminal Minds. There’s an episode where a family is trapped in their house, and the arsonist sets the fire and watches them burn. (You’ve probably guessed that calling this show a comfort show was sarcasm.)

Anyway, I got it in my mind a story about there being a survivor of a fire that takes their whole family. After that, it was not just a survivor but a child, and sh...