I’m having fun with a short story that I’m writing in response to a challenge issued to me by Ray Solberg.  In preparing for this story I got to do some research into bride prices, age of consent vs. age of marriage laws in the US, the history of James Whale’s Frankenstein films, and the linguistic significance of the use of the word "like" in everyday conversation.

Not bad for a story I think will be about 1,500 words long.

And double bonus: I was able to avoid the temptation to use zombies in this story.