Queenie: A Narrative Fiction

She pointed a slim metal finger at Marcie, directly, and said, in the most perfect pitch of incredulity her vocabulator could simulate, "You're...humans! You shouldn't be here!"

“Why not?” I said from my spot on the air mattress in the living room. “I’ve always wanted to see a ghost! It could be fun. Besides, I've heard she can tell your future if you summon her correctly.”

Queen, by Audrey Flack is a very captivating piece of artwork. It was painted in 1976, originally Audrey Flack took a picture and then used it as the basis for this painting. Queen is a painting of box that is full of special mementos. It has features such as a quarter of an open orange, a rose, a pocket watch, a queen playing card, a locket of an older and a younger woman, lip balm, perfume, a chess piece, blush, and a chain necklace with the letter “F” on it. The painting almost looks like a vanity drawer or a keepsake drawer. However, realizing the fruits and flower in the painting I understood it to be a collection of the artist's memories as opposed to a drawer. Audrey Flack was demonstrating the many things that were significant to her while aging. Queen signifies the fight against time. It shows that no matter what possessions you retain it will not keep you young. No one can win the battle against time.

Doing something new can be terrifying and freighting. The hardest thing that I’ve had trouble with is doing things in front of people. When onlookers stare at me it makes me feel awkward. The summer of two thousand and eleven, I made the volleyball team at Covington High School so, that meant this would put me in front of a lot of people. My team name was The Lady Lions. The Lady Lions and I have practiced all summer long for our first game. Unfortunately the first Monday of school was my first game. Monday’s arrival at school came fast! The game was at the end of the school day but, the more I thought about it the more nervous it was. This was a new situation for me because I’ve never been in front of a crowd that big.

“I want to buy something really bad, but I think the best thing to do is to give the money to the lady for the store to have a little money left.” Meg said.

A similarity that both characters Sammy and Tommy share is the enthusiastic observation to their respective surroundings. For instance, Sammy examination of A&P customers, most notably the young females in bathing suits. Sammy begins to organize his thoughts while observing the young females entering A&P. For instance, Sammy begins to speculate the personal life of Queenie the female character that he finds attractive when he states that “All of a sudden I slid right down her voice into her living room”(145). Sammy Visual observation lead him to theorize the personal life of Queenie. Sammy gives great attention to his surrounding which enables him observe various details and analyze the situation.Furthermore, Tommy also gives detailed attention

Once upon a time, in a place between worlds where time and space held no meaning, three cloaked figures congregated to conspire against their most abhorred enemy, love. Each of these figures were each an embodiment of one aspect of evil and darkness. They went by the infamous monikers Jealousy, Greed, and Hatred. They surveyed the world, deciding where they would cause mischief next and their cruel attention turned upon the life of Princess Elizabeth and the abusive abominable excuse for a human being who happened to be her husband, Solomon.

Carole and I were fleeing with urgency down the steep driveway, arms and legs pumping with fear. Which way to go? Down the reedy river path with potential snakes and the risk of being seen or the creepy drainage ditch? Looking back toward the house with rapid fire beats in our hearts, fear drove us forward. We searched to see how far ahead we were. Not far. Not as far as we needed to be, but he hadn’t appeared yet. The only logical way was through the rusty damp and dark pipes so we wouldn’t be seen. Our noses wrinkled with the disgust upon entry, filling our nostrils with a strong smell of mold and crud collected from storms.

Sam offered, “We were just talking about Valentine’s Day. Sounds like we might be available to wait tables if you need us, Gus.”

Elisabeth Godwin tossed and turned, as she laid in bed on Tuesday night. The rushing sound of free falling rain drifted into her sleep. It's those same dreams that have kept her up, in the dead of the night, over the last several months. Haunting her. Beckoning her to cross over to the other side. It was as if, satan himself, knew the calling God had placed upon her. He sought with all his strength to convert her before she accepted Christ.

I stood up looking at them both, then looking to my right to see the dead body.

‘I came over to make sure you got back okay,’ she said. ‘I was worried.’

Back in the 1900’s, baseball was a national sport. Everyone loved to play it. The little boys played catch with their fathers and the men played on teams, while the women stayed at home doing the laundry and washing the dishes. But that all changed one day… Queen of the Diamonds is a terrific book with an amazing message, strong characters and facts about the 1900’s that I think should win the Nutmeg Book Award.

“There are a lot of superstitious people in the states as well,” Sam said slowly. It was a weak excuse and Sam’s distrust of the female hunter increased. She knew something that she wasn’t telling

Blake, Mark. “Is This the Real Life: The Untold Story of Queen.” PopMatters, PopMatters, 31 Mar. 2011. Web. 19 Oct. 2016.