Screaming Dreams

Yuppieville by Tony Richards

Frank and Joannie want a better life than the one they currently have in Los Angeles. A quieter life. A safer one, in the sort of place where they can bring up children. So they move out of the city, to the new community of Youngesville, Nevada. Welcome to a brand-new way of life … and death. Welcome to Yuppieville.

Extract

They were on the outer edge of Youngesville. To either side of him stretched houses pretty much like this one, although each one of them slightly different in design. The town itself could not be seen, and he was staring at the desert. It was, he had to admit, a pretty amazing view. And, now that he admitted it to himself, he had always carried around in his head a little fantasy that involved living in a part of the world like this. All this space and freedom.

Judith Mackenzie was saying something about the tax advantages of living in Nevada, but he wasn’t really listening.

The colours were amazing, swirls of ochre, streaks of brownish-red. There were three Joshua trees within several hundred yards of him. The mountains in the distance were like mirages in a heat-haze. And the sky which pressed down on them was the clearest eggshell blue he’d ever seen. A buzzard wheeled above the landscape, and he’d always had a big thing about birds of prey.

“Frank’s a graphic designer, freelance,” Joannie was explaining.

“So he works from home. How lovely to be able to do that.”

The door clacked open and he heard Joan say his name.

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ISBN : 978-1-906652-10-4
Paperback : 216x138mm : 96pp

Published March 2010

£5.99 (+ postage)

About the Author

Tony Richards is the author of more than 100 stories, novellas and novels, and has been nominated for both the British Fantasy and Bram Stoker awards. Widely travelled, he often sets his fiction in locations he has visited. He is currently a full-time freelance writer, and lives in the north of London with his wife. His most recent novels are the critically-acclaimed Raine's Landing series from Eos/HarperCollins.

Author's Homepage : www.richardsreality.com

About the Artist

Steve Upham enjoys all things creative, including drawing, painting, digital art, photography and much more. He has been running his own craft workshop for over ten years, but continues to create artwork on a freelance basis. He is also the editor/publisher at Screaming Dreams of course!