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Thursday, 13 April 2017

A-Z Challenge 2017 - K is for Kitson

Welcome to Day 11 of the A-Z Challenge 2017. This month I'm sharing my "Black & White Snippets" - snapshots of some of the characters, places and concepts that populate my forthcoming YA dystopian trilogy, Black & White. There won't be a lot of details or spoilers - just short scenes and vignettes that give you a hint of the world I've created. Today, it's K for Kitson.


Kitson liked working at the Centre. Really, there was very little work involved; a bit of admin, making weekly reports to the governor, checking that all the doors to the rooms were sound. They were definitely rooms, not cells. This wasn’t a prison, it was a correctional institution. As long as the doors were soundproof and he didn’t have to come face-to-face with the inhabitants, it was okay to tell himself that.
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15 comments:

  1. moon13 April 2017 at 10:01

    So many different characters with their distinctive traits. How did you manage it , Nick? Wonder if Kitson is good or naive. Thanks for the peek into them.
    Best wishes,
    Moon
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  2. Nilanjana Bose13 April 2017 at 10:44

    oh what a tangled web we weave
    when first we practice to deceive

    and I guess nowhere is the web more tangled than when we deceive our own selves. Wonder how long he'll manage to keep up the deception?

    Nilanjana
    Madly-in-Verse

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  3. Anna Tan13 April 2017 at 11:23

    Sheesh, sure keep telling yourself that...

    Anna

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  4. Keith's Ramblings13 April 2017 at 12:08

    A prison is a prison by any other name. Another gem Nick.

    K day in Amble Bay!

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  5. Cathy Kennedy13 April 2017 at 12:17

    I believe Kitson is a bit delusional in thinking a correctional institution isn't a prison. lol If you can't come or go as you please then you're either (a) still living at home with your parents or (b) you're in prison and trust me when I say most kids feel like their in prison. They have no idea how good they have it at home. lol

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  6. Jean Davis13 April 2017 at 12:38

    Well now, that was quite the ominous ending. I'm inclined to think the Centre isn't all that it seems to be.
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  7. A Tarkabarka Hölgy13 April 2017 at 14:39

    Denial is a powerful thing...

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  8. Tamara Narayan13 April 2017 at 15:31

    Oh-oh, Kitson. You better watch that attitude or you might make a good Nazi.

    K is for Kevlar—Gift From Aliens?

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  9. Darla M Sands13 April 2017 at 16:48

    Wow. Very intense. Not sure I agree with Tamara. We survive however we can, even if it involves lying to ourselves. I believe the German people (civilians) suffered much regret after the war.

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  10. Debbie D. 13 April 2017 at 17:13

    Sounds like the Centre is much more ominous than it appears. Sometimes, you have to block things out to get along.

    Debbie @ THE DOGLADY'S DEN
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  11. Click13 April 2017 at 20:30

    Now I'm wondering just what's going on inside those rooms. It sounds rather ominous!

    Cait @ Click's Clan

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  12. Liz A.13 April 2017 at 23:22

    The soundproof rooms that each person was put in individually, right? I'm sure he doesn't want to hear the inhabitants...

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  13. kaykuala14 April 2017 at 02:00

    Kitson liked working at the Centre. Really, there was very little work involved; a bit of admin, making weekly reports to the governor

    Very much within the ambit of an admin. employee. Relevant to a correctional rather than prison gates!

    Hank

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  14. Hilary Melton-Butcher14 April 2017 at 14:11

    Hi Nick - poor Kitson - he's not very confident is he ... so many troubles he could find himself in or get into ...

    The only Kitson I think of ... is a friend's cat in South Africa - we had oysters ... Kitson had oysters! Pampered beast ... cheers Hilary

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  15. Sara C. Snider14 April 2017 at 17:42

    A cushy job requiring only medium levels of denial. Nice. ;)

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