Summer of the Monsters

by David Sodergren

She selected 1979 by the Smashing Pumpkins, and the music — as music is prone to doing — immediately transported her to those young and supposedly carefree days of teenage ennui and rebellion.

“Apparently there’s a stone circle nearby, and a witch’s grave in the next town over, but we should save some excitement for next week.”

Reference to Maggie's Grave?

no one wants to read a story about a teenager. They’re not interesting. No offence, but adults make for much more compelling protagonists.”