I asked Jennifer what inspired her to write this story, and this is what she had to say:
Originally, I
had no intention of making a collection of short stories. I was having a
"tell me I should do this" conversation with a friend of mine about a
piece I was nervous about writing, which eventually became Volume I's
"The Blue Bullet", and, they way she talked about needing visibility in
books led me to writing this series. After that talk, I knew I wanted to
have a series focusing predominantly on women and sexuality. I wanted
to write something that the younger me would've liked to read, or simply
know was in existence--and maybe even feel that identifying with it was
more than okay. Down On The Other Street, as a series, is all about creating story-lines that address that want.
Many thanks for hosting me today,
Jennifer Cie
Blurb(s):
Scars
dripping over broken skin and whispers silenced, there can be no point of
return. Wrapped in the ripples of warm waters, staring down at unkempt
mountains, Stefanie can feel the thrum of the old world’s song. The first
conversation, stained into ceramic cups and shadows in the night, gave birth to
the last confession. Before metal bars clanged shut or chanting grew quiet,
there was the woman with the violet smile. Somewhere in the gaggle of exposed
bodies, worn cassettes and children’s fairy tales, he is waiting for the red
coat. Woven together through trials of sexuality, political dissonance, and
self-discovery, this heady collection of six short stories examines who we
become after finding love
Pages or Words: 152 pages, 29,122 words
Categories: Bisexual, Contemporary,
Fiction, New Adult, Romance
Excerpt:
Sofia
Aguilar changed that.
I literally
fell into her at a restaurant in East Memphis. I was there with a friend who
swore that little shack had the best hot wings in the city. I don’t recall if
that was true. I just remember tasting her.
I tripped
over a chair while coming out of the bathroom and landed in her lap, with my
lips drilled into her shoulder. It was a sweet kind of salty, like brown sugar
thrown on top of salted nuts. I tried apologizing. She grinned at me and rubbed
my back.
The warmth
returned.
Each glance
at her grin-turned-smirk, dark brown eyes, or touch of her hand swirling
electric heat into my skin brought on even stronger flushes than before. She
knew it too. The way she cooed, “Amor? Está bien,” as if her lap was my
rightful place, as if we were lovers, could only have been an effort to make me
combust.
When I finally lifted myself off of her,
hoping there were no signs of what I was feeling, she held my hand. She pulled
me close, whispered that she was happy about my fall, and slipped a napkin with
her number written on it into my hands.
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About the
author:
Jennifer Cie is a
Tennessee native who loves taking aimless road trips and diving into social
issues through her writing. A fan of poorly playing tennis, using snail mail,
and longing for the return of Brach's Red Twist, when she is not indulging her
guilty pleasure of taste testing whiskey and low grade tequila—for science, you
can find her rambling about poor life decisions, book formatting, and
everything in between on her blog:www.journeytopaperback.com
Where to find the author:
Twitter: @JenniferCie1
Goodreads
Link: www.goodreads.com/author/show/5215342.Jennifer_Cie
Publisher: Jennifer Cie
Cover
Artist: Najla Qamber
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