Scandal, in Eight Parking Arrangements
by Greg Davis
Setting: My neighbors' driveway.
1. His and hers side by side
2. Hers alone, to the side
3. Hers blocking middle of driveway
4. Hers blocking driveway, his diagonal in grass
5. Hers blocking driveway, his two houses down
6. Hers alone, to the side
7. His snuck past hers
8. Hers parked behind his
1. His and hers side by side
2. Hers alone, to the side
3. Hers blocking middle of driveway
4. Hers blocking driveway, his diagonal in grass
5. Hers blocking driveway, his two houses down
6. Hers alone, to the side
7. His snuck past hers
8. Hers parked behind his
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Author's Note
This piece will soon appear in Thunderclap 6. Thank you to editors Amanda Deo and Robert Vaughan. The parking arrangements mentioned are a sequence as opposed to a list.
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Greg, I like this quirky, straightforward, spare story in its tight fashion. I am proud to have it in our summer issue among so many interesting, creative prose and poetry pieces. Congrats! Fave.
Thank you so much Robert. Your comment and your belief in this story have made my day already!
Greg, I love this! fave
Thank your MaryAnne!!
how did you do this? fave.
Thanks Meg! I guess I was nosey and watched my neighbor's driveway maybe more than I should have over a couple of weeks. There was so much tension spilling over from the house and the parking arrangements were so unusual that I started thinking about turning it into a story. I had some longer versions, but in the end the parking arrangements seemed to say it all. Thanks again for your kind words and for making this a fave!
A good piece. Nothing wasted. I like the form of this. Good one, Greg.
Thought provoking.
Thank you for your kind words, Sam and James.
Really neatly done, not a word too many.
Not sure what your neighbours would think of it!
I'm taking pains to be sure my neighbors never see this. Slightly ashamed that I used their lives in this way, but so it goes.
An intriguing way to tell/imply a story. *
Thanks Chris! And thanks, too, for your close reading.