writing – Matthew S. Wilson

Part 2: Launch.

Twelve years after completing the Camino de Santiago, my novel inspired by my hike across Spain is finally available to read. Once Upon a Camino is an adventure set upon the ancient pilgrimage across Spain known as the Way of Saint James. It tells the story of Tom, a 28-year-old investment banker, who must walkContinue reading “Part 2: Launch.”

The Last Laugh.

I lift my head from the barn’s straw-covered floor. A muddy pair of boots step around my goats, and the suit of bells rattles down upon the ground. ‘The king wants his jester.’ I don’t say a word; they took my tongue many years ago. I simply undress and pull on my second skin. TheContinue reading “The Last Laugh.”

Wallflower.

I’d never imagined living in an attic. Frank was the only one to come up here – twice a year to fetch and return the Christmas lights. Like everything else, he stopped doing that the year I died. Frank simply sunk deeper into his couch, unable to hear or see me, irrespective of how manyContinue reading “Wallflower.”