Performed by Val Cole

Get to know the writer:

1. What is your short story about?

Estranged brothers confront their mother's grave, unearthing buried resentments and dark secrets.

2. What genres would you say this story is in?

Crime genre

3. How would you describe this story in two words?

Poetic justice

4. What movie have you seen the most in your life?

The Wrestler (2008)

5. What is your favorite song?

Quarter on the Ground – Matt Andersen

6. Do you have an all-time favorite novel?

Asylum Series by Madeleine Roux

7. What motivated you to write this story?

This was my first attempt at writing in the crime genre. I've always enjoyed twists in stories while slowly giving aways hints. Hopefully I've done the genre justice.

8. If you could have dinner with one person (dead or alive), who would that be?

Edgar Allan Poe

9. Apart from writing, what else are you passionate about?

The theatre. Especially your local community theatres. Outside of writing I try to support my local theatres through attendance and volunteering my time.

10. What influenced you to enter your story to get performed?

I've been trying for awhile to find this story a home, and when I learned about Wildsound and the vocal renditions I thought this could finally be the perfect fit.

11. Any advice or tips you'd like to pass on to other writers?

Embrace rejection. You will have a lot of no's when submitting your work, but for every rejection it gets you closer to refining your art and your search. It just makes the acceptance that mush sweeter