Giant Days by Non Pratt

Author:Non Pratt
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Abrams
Published: 2018-08-01T16:00:00+00:00

So that would be a 100 percent fail rate at Creative Writing. Esther pushed out of the door, wanting to get away from the humiliation, but it followed her down the stairs.

“How did you even get in?” Vectra laughed as she fell into step with Esther. “Everyone knows Frankenstein’s the name of the doctor, not the monster.”

“Aw, that’s not true. I didn’t until I read it.” Thesaurus Boy was jostling along next to them, beaming at the side of Esther’s face so that she couldn’t tell whether or not he was being sarcastic.

“Good point.” Vectra nodded, giving Esther a sly look. “Most of us have read our favorite books. And those of us who consider ourselves sisters of the night would know our gothic literature.”

Esther hesitated. Did that mean Vectra knew who she was? Or was she just referring to herself?

“I, er, we didn’t really meet properly back there—” Esther began.

“I’m Otto!” Thesaurus Boy said brightly, waving.

“Hi, Otto. I’m Esther.”

“Yeah, we know. You said.” Vectra could walk fast for someone with such short legs. “You’re the Gothic Pixie Dream Girl all the boys have been wetting themselves over.”

“Gothic Pixie Dream Girl” didn’t sound like a compliment.

Vectra carried on purposefully along the pavement, hands jammed deeply into the pockets of her jacket. The rest of the group had all turned the same way, as if operating as part of a unified hive mind.

When Vectra stopped and half turned back, Esther worried that she’d finally identified Esther as a threat and the rest of the hive would swarm around and sting her to death with sarcastic comments about her academic abilities.

“Are you coming for a post-critique group drink or what?”

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.