Creative Writing
Fall 1993
English
Presents a short story about Benjamin Scott, an ex-convict whose life turned a different course after a one-night stand with a retarded woman in Lovelock, Nevada. Promise of a job in San Francisco; Memories of traveling from state to state to get to his destination; Meeting Ana and her sister Lisa; Feelings of guilt for sleeping with Ana; Apologizing to the sisters; Decision to follow Ana to San Diego.
This is the publisher's version of the work. This publication appears in Gettysburg College's institutional repository by permission of the copyright owner for personal use, not for redistribution.
Leebron, F. G. (1993). Lovelock. Ploughshares, 19(2/3), 118.
Comments
Winner of the 1994 Cohen Award for the best short story and poem published inPloughsharesthat year.