Malediction - WIP Intro
Title: Malediction
Form: short story
POV & Tense: past tense, third person limited
Genre: contemporary, literary fiction
Themes & Subject Matter: truth, trust, reality, mental illness, unhealthy mother-daughter relationship, disillusionment
Setting: a mix of Victorian-style and cottage-style house is in a very isolated area of the bush*. the house belongs to mc’s mother. the house is small and showing light weathering.
Status: writing the first draft
Summary: Mother believed the family was cursed. ‘The curse–’ Mother had told Olive, ‘–will affect all things in life.’ It is why Olive’s dog succumbed to the snake-bite, why her and Mother’s pockets seemed to get caught on the cupboard doorknobs more often than other people’s, why Olive must always stay there, in their home.
‘Our family wasn’t always like this.’ Mother would say, her eyes staring through Olive, seeing into the past. ‘No, this family used to have good luck.’