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Fabulous Hell: A Novel Paperback - 2000

by Craig Curtis


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"You might as well live."-Dorothy Parker

AUGUST 1, 1991

The positive test result is given to me by a volunteer in the county clinic in Santa Rosa, California. I am also given a selection of handouts, including information on safe sex, support groups, and proper diet. I am told to limit my alcohol consumption to two ounces per week. I am urged to seek counseling. I am invited to stay and speak with a social worker.Numbly I exit through a rear door. I cannot face the people in the waiting room.

They know.

Upon being informed of the news, Mom insists on traveling from Huntington Beach every other week for two months. I do not want her. She has minimal maternal instincts. I do not trust her.

Mom has hastily prepared a Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care, which I sign, and seen to it that I am written out of my grandparents' will in order to protect the estate from the Powers That Be should I fall ill.

"You know that I will always take care of you," she tells me. I do not.

By her fourth visit our strained relationship falls into disrepair. We do not speak for many months. I'm glad to be rid of her.Much of my expendable income is spent on cocaine and carousing. I am sexually active, with little sense ofresponsibility, and free of guilt. I don't care.TANG

Food and beverage of my childhood are strange and wonderful things. Twinkies are lighter than air and have creme filling. Wonder Bread is light as well. I like it less for the taste and more for the way it makes little balls of dough when you squish it. These balls are handy for throwing at my little brother. Poor Mark is always getting pelted with things. Steve likes to throw plu

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  • Author Craig Curtis
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  • Publisher Alyson Books, Los Angeles
  • Date 2000
  • ISBN 9781555834791
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