Shape Made of Memories
Words By Bart Nickerson, Art By Daniel Reneau
Andrea gets out of bed without waking Scott.The kitchen is dark and quiet.She puts on an apron as though it were the nineteen-fifties and she is a homemaker.She starts to make him breakfast.She will let the sounds and smells of her cooking wake him.These things are all part of it.What she makes is not, though;…
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Bart Nickerson
Bart Nickerson is the co-creator of Showtime’s award-winning series, Yellowjackets. Along with his writing partner, Ashley Lyle, his prior work includes The Originals, Narcos, and Dispatches from Elsewhere. "Shape Made of Memories" is his first published work of fiction.
Daniel Reneau
Daniel Reneau is a Denver-based illustrator skilled in digital and traditional mediums, and specializes in horror, fantasy, science fiction, and comic book illustration. He is the co- creator of the graphic novel Zombiraq, a winner of the 2013 L. Ron Hubbard Illustrators of the Future Award, and a graduate of the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. Learn more at danielreneauartist.com.
