Close to Source--Chapter One

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Genesis - The Fountain of Salmacis

Aerosmith - Livin' On The Edge

Inspiration for Close to Source.

About Me

I'm a thirty-something mother, living with my fiance and studying towards my law degree. After growing up in a bleak coal mining village in the north-east of England, I moved further south to Lincolnshire. I cope with the trials of everyday life by losing myself in books or by creative writing.

I love classic literature, but I'm also a fan of horror, and dare I say it...horror/romance. Despite my age, I've recently developed a love for the young adult genre. My favourite books at the moment are The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins, Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion, and A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin, but out of everything I've read that was published in the past hundred years, I'd have to say that Four Past Midnight, a collection of short stories by Stephen King, is my overall favourite, specifically The Langoliers. Stephen King and Jane Austen tie as my favourite authors.

Favourite quotes:

"Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind;
And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind:
Nor hath Love's mind of any judgement taste;
Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste:
And therefore is Love said to be a child,
Because in choice he is so oft beguiled."

Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare. Act I, Scene I. Helena speaking.

"Bright youth," she cries, "whom all thy features prove
A God, and, if a God, the God of love;
But if a mortal, blest thy nurse's breast,
Blest are thy parents, and thy sisters blest:
But oh how blest! how more than blest thy bride,
Ally'd in bliss, if any yet ally'd.
If so, let mine the stoln enjoyments be;
If not, behold a willing bride in me."

Metamorphoses by Ovid, Book 4. The Story of Salmacis and Hermaphroditus

With my own writing I tend to prefer the horror or horror/romance genre. At the moment I'm working on a horror novel based on a zombie apocalypse but concentrating more on survival after the event. I also have a Greek mythology screenplay work-in-progress.

Close to Source:

A small group of survivors in post-zombie apocalypse rural England struggle to balance their basic needs, differences, and paranoias.

Paul is a simple family man, but when his world is ripped apart by a zombie apocalypse, he finds himself as the reluctant leader of a small group of survivors. His closest allies are Derek, a ruthless businessman with a secret, and Rachel, who despite her tough exterior cannot hide that she has a soft spot for the fledgling community's leader. The gulf between Paul and his teenage son, Charlie, widens as the more Paul tries to protect his only living link to his dead wife, the further they grow apart. When a woman and her daughter arrive out of the wilderness after two years, the impossibility of their survival and their unusual medical condition threatens to shatter the fragile balance that the community has found. Battling zombies, hunger, the elements, and themselves, how far can the bonds of friendship and family be stretched before it all falls apart? 

Salmacis:

Hera, Aphrodite's mother-in-law and vengeful queen of the gods, growing tired of her beloved son's unfaithful wife and countless extra-marital offspring, sends Nemesis to destroy the Demi-God Hermaphroditus. His mother hides him away for his own safety, placing him in the care of naiads—virginial water nymphs who serve Artemis.

Hermaphroditus grows up to be an exceptionally beautiful young man. One day while hunting, Nemesis injures him, and looking for refuge he comes across the fountain of Salmacis, a rebellious and promiscuous water nymph.

Salmacis becomes instantly infatuated with him, and while pretending to help him heal she attempts to rape him. Hermaphroditus does not return her lust and Salmacis becomes angry at his resistance. Praying to the Gods, Hera hears Salmacis and grants her wish that they be inseparable for all eternity. 

Authonomy - Graham Holbrook

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