![]() The only acceptable kind of break from her new job at the bar, Red and Gold, was the smoking kind, so Jean took it. Jean envied that languid animal and its free rent. ![]() She squinted through the smoke at an alley cat sauntering in and out of the deli across the street. It had rained earlier that night, and the ginko leaves stuck to the pavement in irregular gold coins. ![]() She didn’t really smoke, but she stood outside on the sidewalk, her nose and fingers tingling from the cold, holding a lit cigarette anyway. It was only four hours into her shift at the bar, and Jean had never been so tired. But as she starts digging into their origins, she comes to find a strange connection between herself and the shortcuts. When Iggy goes missing, Jean believes it’s related to the shortcuts and his growing obsession with them. Jean is intrigued but has a hard time shaking the side effects-the shortcuts make her more talkative, more open to discussing her past and recalling memories she’s tried hard to forget. When Jean’s work friend Iggy introduces her to the shortcuts, it’s to help shorten her commute between her night shifts bartending and her work at an upscale bakery. No one knows where they came from, but there are rules-you can only travel through them one way and only at night. Hidden behind back doors of bars and restaurants and theaters and shops all over New York City are shortcuts-secret passageways that allow you to jump through time and space to emerge in different parts of the city. Intrigued? Well read on to discover the synopsis and an excerpt from the first chapter of Natalka Burian’s The Night Shift, which is out July 12th 2022. A shimmering, propulsive novel set in New York City during the early aughts and across time, The Night Shiftshows that by confronting the past can we reshape our future.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |