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Tied Within
It’s when you’re a teenager that you get to decide who you’re going to be. For Theresa, it means renaming herself Bronwyn and reconstructing every detail about her appearance. Dominic decides it means shaving his hair into a mohawk and emulating his punk rock idols. Their best friend Ivy still can’t figure out who she is, but she knows she’d give anything to be more than the little girl who survived the brutal murder of her parents at the hands of a deranged serial killer. All three friends are running from the hand they’ve been dealt, but in a single night, they’ll be forced to reckon with reality at a terrible cost.
Set in northern Colorado in the early 90s, Tied Within is a story about what it means to feel like a weirdo while searching for an identity in a world that has already decided who you are.
Set in northern Colorado in the early 90s, Tied Within is a story about what it means to feel like a weirdo while searching for an identity in a world that has already decided who you are.
106 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 13, 2020
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About the author
Rasmenia Massoud
10 books77 followersRasmenia Massoud was born just outside of Washington D.C. somewhere during the era of Hunter S. Thompson vs. Nixon, but never lived there. She just happened to be in the area. She grew up in Colorado where she made a living with both blue and white collars at various times in her life before deciding that collars are not good, and that writing stories was very good.
In addition to spending several years in various Colorado towns, she has also lived in Florida, Pennsylvania, Indiana, England, Paris, and the French countryside; traveling to a number of states and countries in between. All the while, thinking deeply about the places and the people she encounters, and writing things down. She looks for the cracks, the scars under the flesh, gathers them up and molds them into stories in an effort to understand what fascinates, confuses and infuriates her the most: human beings.
Rasmenia Massoud is the author of the short story collections HUMAN DETRITUS, BROKEN ABROAD, and YOU DON’T SEE ANY OF THIS. Dozens of her stories have been published online and in print, including The Foundling Review, The Lowestoft Chronicle, Literary Orphans, Sunlight Press, The Molotov Cocktail, Full of Crow, Flash Fiction Offensive, Black Heart Magazine, Every Day Fiction, Big Pulp, and Underground Voices. Her novella, CIRCUITS END, published by Running Wild Press in 2019, was nominated for the Pushcart Prize.
Rasmenia blogs semi-regularly about the awkwardness, frustration and joy of expatriation, food, the craft of writing, and the learning curves that come from being a broken, awkward, and dysfunctional human. She currently lives in southern England with her husband, their loyal chocolate lab and mischievous feline sidekick.
In addition to spending several years in various Colorado towns, she has also lived in Florida, Pennsylvania, Indiana, England, Paris, and the French countryside; traveling to a number of states and countries in between. All the while, thinking deeply about the places and the people she encounters, and writing things down. She looks for the cracks, the scars under the flesh, gathers them up and molds them into stories in an effort to understand what fascinates, confuses and infuriates her the most: human beings.
Rasmenia Massoud is the author of the short story collections HUMAN DETRITUS, BROKEN ABROAD, and YOU DON’T SEE ANY OF THIS. Dozens of her stories have been published online and in print, including The Foundling Review, The Lowestoft Chronicle, Literary Orphans, Sunlight Press, The Molotov Cocktail, Full of Crow, Flash Fiction Offensive, Black Heart Magazine, Every Day Fiction, Big Pulp, and Underground Voices. Her novella, CIRCUITS END, published by Running Wild Press in 2019, was nominated for the Pushcart Prize.
Rasmenia blogs semi-regularly about the awkwardness, frustration and joy of expatriation, food, the craft of writing, and the learning curves that come from being a broken, awkward, and dysfunctional human. She currently lives in southern England with her husband, their loyal chocolate lab and mischievous feline sidekick.
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September 27, 2020
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Story about growing up in the 90’s and the choices they makes. Trying to find themselves, as they define who they are. Nothing comes easy as they struggle with growing up in a never ending changing world.
It was an average which had a potential to be more engaging.
Story about growing up in the 90’s and the choices they makes. Trying to find themselves, as they define who they are. Nothing comes easy as they struggle with growing up in a never ending changing world.
It was an average which had a potential to be more engaging.
February 9, 2021
I expected a bit more of this. It was over before I even had a chance to form opinions on the characters.
Received via Goodreads giveaway for nothing more than a fair and honest review.
Received via Goodreads giveaway for nothing more than a fair and honest review.
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