Gee Roughin : Writing

The Sky Is Falling

The Sky Is Falling

A Story by Gee Roughin


I feel like a soldier, shell-shocked. The sky is blue, the buildings old and long in their suffocating beauty, the cute shingled caps on sixth..
Paranoid Wasp

Paranoid Wasp

A Book by Gee Roughin


Paranoid Wasp picks at the scab of race construction in America. Written by a solitary inmate suffering from paranoia, the novel asks Who is Afraid? a..
Ch. 1: Fear of Sex (under a bridge). July 21, 1987.

Ch. 1: Fear of Sex (under a bridge). July 21, 1987..

A Chapter by Gee Roughin


When Suzie-Q woke up, she wondered why she was sleeping on the floor. Suzie-Q wondered if she had fallen off her bed. Then she remembered. She felt..
Ch. 2: Fear of Russians (and the influence of strange people who think like them). June 11, 1987.

Ch. 2: Fear of Russians (and the influence of stra..

A Chapter by Gee Roughin


Suzie-Q was bored. Alice was chewing on her hair. Suzie-Q thought Alice was ugly and naïve. Alice believed in stupid things like dispensationa..
Ch. 3: Fear of X (and teenagers playing basketball while listening to Tupac). July 20, 1987.

Ch. 3: Fear of X (and teenagers playing basketball..

A Chapter by Gee Roughin


On Mondays, Suzie-Q took piano lessons. Alice’s Mom drove Suzie-Q, in return for Suzie-Q’s Dad driving Alice to her youth group during Mr..
Ch. 4: Fear of Sin (and anti-Semitism, and eating ham in front of Jews). August 10, 1987.

Ch. 4: Fear of Sin (and anti-Semitism, and eating ..

A Chapter by Gee Roughin


In the morning Ruth told Suzie-Q to just keep babysitting her kids like she had been. They’d talk about it more in the evening...
Ch. 5: Fear of Russians (attacking Amerika). June 11, 1987.

Ch. 5: Fear of Russians (attacking Amerika). June ..

A Chapter by Gee Roughin


The door once shut, a suburban night reigned invisible. Nothing moved. Her breath tufted fast in respiratory shorts as she heard h..
Ch. 6: The Paranoia Journals. (Arrest.) September 12-October 6, 1987.

Ch. 6: The Paranoia Journals. (Arrest.) September ..

A Chapter by Gee Roughin


Saturday, September 12, 1987. I am sitting in a concrete jail cell. I finally got paper. Pen to the paper, hard truth to the eye..
Ch. 7: Fear of X (or the awkward path towards trust). June 11, 1987.

Ch. 7: Fear of X (or the awkward path towards trus..

A Chapter by Gee Roughin


Suzie-Q went in her bedroom and shut the door. Suzie-Q stood looking at the door. Suzie-Q breathed out steel. He’s never gon..
Ch. 8: Letter #1. Dear Ruth. July 21, 2007.

Ch. 8: Letter #1. Dear Ruth. July 21, 2007.

A Chapter by Gee Roughin


Dear Ruth, I'm sorry you had to see me that way. This last lapse was too much for me. I think I've paid enough for other people's s..

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