A self-professed drama queen, Alyce Kerr enjoys
writing “funny little stories with an
unexpected twist at the end.” Sometimes
she finds herself living a plot development
that could have easily come from her imagination
— like when she and her husband, Nelson,
moved to Austin from Green Bay, Wis., only four
days after their June 2000 wedding. Soon after,
she enrolled in New College, the St. Edward’s
program for working adults, with hopes of finally
finishing the degree she had been steadfastly
pursuing one class at a time for five years.
Seeking a creative outlet, Kerr resurrected
both SEU Writers, the New College writing club,
and its literary and artistic journal, New
Literati, which hadn’t been published
since 1998. Now an alumna, Kerr retains her
role as president of SEU Writers — and
is already at work on the next edition of New
Literati. |
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"The Trouble
With Rats"
As the door creaked open, Delores' shadowed head peeked
around the corner. She moved stealthily across the
floor. She wasn't sure why, really. It didn't matter
if she woke him. Her white-stockinged feet barely
whispered as she made her way closer to the bed. But
something was terribly wrong. It was too quiet. An
eerie stillness hung heavily over the room, and as
she peered over his body, her heart beat faster. He
lay motionless, no sound coming from the once volcanic
opening of a mouth. A few beads of perspiration dotted
his balding forehead; what little was left of his
grayish-brown hair lay matted to the side of his head.
Something had gone terribly wrong. Read more. (pdf
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