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Drew Bankston
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Sounds of Tomorrow
Science Fiction & Fantasy
Author Insight
5 Minutes of Fame
We've all heard it. Each of us get that elusive 5 minutes of fame sometime in our lives. It's rarely earth shattering or worldwide. It's usually only within our small community but it feels amazing. Once we've had that taste of that fame, that popularity, that universal acceptance as it were, we continue to hunger for it the rest of our lives. For the most part and in some small corner of our lives, this is why we do everything. We hope for acceptance. We hope to be the best. In this excerpt, Jessi returns to school after an experience that most of us never have to go through. See what you think.
Book Excerpt
Sounds of Tomorrow
At school, her friends and teachers treated her like a celebrity and asked question after question. There was a mix of curiosity and concern. She suddenly became the most popular kid in the twelfth grade. Even the popular kids were envious of her, although they all admitted that they wouldn’t want to have to go through what she had, to gain that level of popularity. She became known as the girl who had died and came back. Friends and students that she had never met asked what it was like to die. Her answers were neither flashy nor satisfying for those who asked, but she would say that she couldn’t remember anything about it and people would smile and walk away.
As with all things, however, her popularity faded. Jessi went back to just being her, with an exciting past, but a mundane present and uncertain future.
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