#601 Rapture- Julia Elliot
This is the first story of Julia Elliot’s new collection, The Wilds. It’s described as southern gothic, so I suppose we’re in for some mysterious and eerie tales. This one is about a girls sleepover party.
Brunell Hair is turning eleven and has invited her classmates over for a party. Not being at all popular, only two other girls show up. Her lowly status with her friends is due to the weirdness of her family, known to be overly religious. Meemaw is the grandmother and she speaks in tongues. She says it’s a power passed down through the family for twelve generation, always going to the eldest child upon the passing of the parent.
Embarrassing for the family is Uncle Mike, who’s gay. He also does famous TV commercials. All this is highly entertaining for the visiting girls who watch Meemaw with wide eyes and fawn over Uncle Mike like teenagers and give the religious zeal a sideways glance. In the morning Meemaw has died and a sudden light appears on Mike’s forehead. Coincidence or the passing of the power?
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