Tom Stuckey
Tom Stuckey
of nurture’s wildness: a novella (book 3, ch. 2)
by Tom Stuckey
“Ted still fell into traps everywhere. They were mainly lain in the phone now, but also on the walls, in the books, and on the radio. They had become intrusive and clever, so clever…”
of nurture’s wildness: a novella (book 3, ch. 1)
by Tom Stuckey
“Ted knew he would never see her again, but he would have a story to tell himself, from time to time, and that was something.”
of nurture’s wildness: a novella (book 2, ch. 7)
by Tom Stuckey
“Fire flew through the night sky and landed as meteors onto the huts of the village, which burned as rats ran from the structures and jumped into the river. The horse neighed and breathed hard, and its heart beat like it would explode, until it did. Everything stopped.”
of nurture’s wildness: a novella (book 2, ch. 6)
by Tom Stuckey
“Now, I’m going to tell you what I’m going to do. First, I am going to fuck the memories of you out of your chief’s mind. Second, I am going to make him look at you with pity, because you will never be able to offer him what I can, not in looks nor in experience. I know things, can show him things you could never begin to comprehend.”
of nurture’s wildness: a novella (book 2, ch. 5)
by Tom Stuckey
“Belief in the spirits was as real as the air and water of the rainforest. Just as the spirits lived as a part of that forest, they were of the earth—not words for the politics. The people of the tribe walked the thin line of deadly beauty every day, cogent that at any moment they could be spirited away.”
of nurture’s wildness: a novella (book 2, ch. 4)
by Tom Stuckey
“…out of the still darkness the sounds of hissing began to pitch and roll past the hut door. It must be the women of the tribe, Lisa thought. Cats wouldn’t act like that. ”
of nurture’s wildness: a novella (book 2, ch. 3)
by Tom Stuckey
“Lisa looked into his dark—almost black—eyes and saw sternness, yes, but she could recognize a glint of lust, just briefly, before he resumed his role of protector of his people.”
of nurture’s wildness: a novella (book 2, ch. 2)
by Tom Stuckey
“Seeing that she was unarmed and alone, drawn in by the un-natural wonder of her, they approached, cautiously sniffing the moist, warm air, capturing her smell, her new scent.”
of nurture’s wildness: a novella (book 2, ch. 1)
by Tom Stuckey
“If her information was accurate, and this specific tribe maintained a consistent pattern to their migrations, she could be there by nightfall…she hoped. ”
of nurture’s wildness - a novella (ch. 11)
by Tom Starkey
“Some people came to the centre because they were physically very unwell, but most did because they had simply become too lost to come back to life.”
of nurture’s wildness - a novella (ch. 10)
by Tom Stuckey
“James often saw that really they had more in common with the seasons and flowers, than of anything that had been indoctrinated by psychologists, religions and the media.”
of nurture’s wildness - a novella (ch. 9)
by Tom Stuckey
“It was still law that any human remains had to be disposed of at a licensed facility, there was money to be made from the dead.”
of nurture’s wildness - a novella (ch. 8)
by Tom Stuckey
“The single shot rang out and echoed, as birds left their places in the trees, and the drum stopped, and Bernard fell to the ground. That was the first death James had seen.”
of nurture’s wildness - a novella (ch. 7)
by Tom Stuckey
“There was no apparent centre to the town, just rows and rows, and like bees they continued to build, almost in a natural and spontaneous way. A centre would come soon, it was inevitable, and a form of hierarchy, and then the rebellion.”
of nurture’s wildness - a novella (ch. 6)
by Tom Stuckey
“That night James, on returning to his room along the hallway heard some noises coming from Henrys room, that could only be described as, indeed, feral. Henry and Gene had become lovers. Animal lovers.”
of nurture’s wildness - a novella (ch. 5)
by Tom Stuckey
“It was controlling mum, shouting at reactive dad, and him hitting the boy, and in turn, the boy pulling the dogs tail.”
of nurture’s wildness - a novella (ch. 4)
by Tom Stuckey
“There has always been and always will be death, but living with that knowledge and continuing on is the hardest part. I am sure of this now; mothers should love their boys, because the alternative makes a very ill and scary world.”
of nurture’s wildness - a novella (ch. 3)
by Tom Stuckey
“He also thought to himself that in a church, such as this, he came so close to God that he could not help filling the awkwardness with something, so he turned to leave.”
of nurture’s wildness - a novella (ch. 2)
by Tom Stuckey
“James had another flicker of what he thought might be hope, it was a strange and distant cry, he thought why when you planned to die love suddenly became readily available again?”
of nurture’s wildness—a novella (ch. 1)
by Tom Stuckey
“But, still, nothing other than confusion mixed in with a feeling of hate was discernible. It was a strange mix, a distant emotion that was ready and waiting to be brought up on the mind’s demand.”