A short story–based on the assassination of President James Garfield– written as historical fiction.
Show Notes with Links:
- This is my narration of a short story I wrote for a writing challenge.
- DISCLAIMER: The racist views expressed by the main character in this story (Harold, the retired zookeeper) in NO WAY reflect the views of the author (me)!
- The challenge was to create a story of no more than 2,500 words in the historical fiction genre. It’s main character had to be a zookeeper, and there had to be an assassination. I had one week to complete this challenge.
- The challenge is put on by NYCMidnight, and there are different contests throughout the year.
- I learned about the assassin, Charles Julius Guiteau, from Wikipedia. Below is his photo.
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- Intro/outro voice by Nick McHargue,
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