Domestic Disturbances, by Kelsey J Austin

Prose, chapbook, 40 pages, from Bottlecap Features.

Domestic Disturbances includes snapshot and traditional narratives where the characters are raw, the world is off-kilter, and the most intimate of relationships are fraught. In noticing and paying attention to the ordinary, the reader sees that life is anything but. Having a first-row seat to the inner worlds of these characters can be a gritty, pessimistic, sometimes humorous ride until the beauty of the human experience is found within the dark.

The pull to shy away from the brooding, conflicted psyche can be strong. In Domestic Disturbances, emotions are everything and the seemingly miniscule details from daily life are extraordinary and worthy of a second look.

Kelsey J Austin is a playwright and prose writer based in New Jersey. She earned her MA in Literature: Theatre and Drama at Essex University in Colchester, England. Kelsey’s plays have been developed through residencies and readings across the United States. Her prose fiction is either forthcoming or published in The Closed Eye Open, Bending Genres, and Half and One. Her creative non-fiction is forthcoming in Wild Roof Journal. Kelsey is happy to be partnering with Bottlecap Press for the chapbook Domestic Disturbances.