Soul Awakening
By Doug Simpson
By Doug Simpson
Chapter 1
Morning Routine
Dacque shuffled along the dimly-lit hallway in his aging leather slippers and summer pajamas, only partially concealed by his untied new housecoat, a gift from his only granddaughter, and headed for the kitchen and his standard dose of pills and health-food mulligan. With step one in his breakfast routine dispensed with, he made his way to the door of his apartment, held his housecoat around him with one hand, and with the other, quickly opened the door and snatched his morning newspaper from the scuffed, hardwood corridor.
Newspaper read, breakfast completed, coffee cup empty, and now dressed, Dacque headed for the elevator and his morning walk, curious, as always, to discover what welcome new adventures this beautiful spring morning might bring into his life. Routine was fine for the insignificant, mundane first-hour or so of each day, but the unknown adventures that he eagerly looked forward to on his daily walk around the small city of Anywhere, was his primary impetus to climb out of bed every morning.
Morning Routine
Dacque shuffled along the dimly-lit hallway in his aging leather slippers and summer pajamas, only partially concealed by his untied new housecoat, a gift from his only granddaughter, and headed for the kitchen and his standard dose of pills and health-food mulligan. With step one in his breakfast routine dispensed with, he made his way to the door of his apartment, held his housecoat around him with one hand, and with the other, quickly opened the door and snatched his morning newspaper from the scuffed, hardwood corridor.
Newspaper read, breakfast completed, coffee cup empty, and now dressed, Dacque headed for the elevator and his morning walk, curious, as always, to discover what welcome new adventures this beautiful spring morning might bring into his life. Routine was fine for the insignificant, mundane first-hour or so of each day, but the unknown adventures that he eagerly looked forward to on his daily walk around the small city of Anywhere, was his primary impetus to climb out of bed every morning.
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Soul Awakening is part of the 12 days of Christmas feature here at Downright Fiction. Every day will see a new chapter excerpt on the website. Come back for Chapter 2 tomorrow!
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Doug Simpson is a retired high school teacher who has turned his talents to writing. His magazine and website articles have been published in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, France and India. Soul Awakening is his first novel. Read more about Doug at dousimp.mnsi.net!
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