Description
Eliza, a 30-something actor and erstwhile writer living in Chicago, finds herself unemployed and newly single. Soon, she may be without her cozy apartment too, if she can't find a way to make the rent. This Saturday night, all she wants to do is Netflix and chill with a pint of Ben & Jerry's to calm her frazzled nerves and soothe her broken heart. But come Sunday morning, Eliza finds that she's no longer in her apartment, nor even stateside - at all. For outside her window is a place both strange and familiar, one she's only read about and seen in the books and plays she adores. And the William she meets there is nothing like the William who broke her heart. *** *CoverArt by @elvinberryelda *Open Novella Contest IV Entry, 2021 *Main Prompt: 46. It's Saturday night, and you have no plans to go on a date. You're all alone and decide to re-watch the Shakespearean tragedy, Romeo & Juliet, torturing your already broken heart. The next morning, you find that it's the late 16th century, the time when Shakespeare was still writing the play, and you spot the incomplete manuscript of 'Romeo & Juliet.' *Secondary Prompt: 71. "This is our last dance, my dear." They said, to which you reply, "Then make it the best dance, my love."
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