Explore stories and publications by Melissa Pritchard on Inklog.
Original publication
1999
Average rating
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Opening Excerpt
From the storyUp and down the dull coastline of her desk, Amerylys ticked her fingernails, Minnie Mouse airbrushed onto each bismuth pink shield. She was back from Ladies where she’d flattened out Newsweek from its bug-swatter twist to read about the chief of the Cloud People, his vow to leap off a high cliff if a certain foreign petroleum company purchased his tribe’s ancestral land from the Colombian government.
Story Vibe & Style Profile
Emotional Weight
2.5 / 5
Reflective
Narrative Pacing
1.6 / 5
Contemplative
Literary Style
3.6 / 5
Contemporary Literary
Speculative / Reality
2.8 / 5
Realistic / Mimetic
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