The Summer We Said Goodbye

The Summer We Said Goodbye

a serialized coming-of-age novel set within the rolling hills of the English Cotswolds

Aris wasn’t much for losing. Neither was I. We set our sights and chartered our course no matter the forecast. Life was like that back then, full of expectations, with imminent destinations always on the horizon. We were eighteen years-old, and the Windy Arms was yet another one of our victories.

The Summer We Said Goodbye [Installment 1]

Jack Fitzgerald

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August 25, 2023

Somewhere west of London, the car jerked, startling me from my slumber. A second downshift knocked Aris' sleeping head off my shoulder. Up ahead, a sign pointing right read, "Windy Hollow." Another downshift and we took the turn, plunging through a tall thicket onto a narrow lane barely wide enough for two vehicles abreast. Our driver accelerated, tackin…

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