For our latest feature in the Writers Open House, Sue Wald brings us a haunting piece of creative non fiction based on 'Ripper' lore.
You can read Sue's story The Canonical Five: Their Last Moments here.
You can read Sue's story The Canonical Five: Their Last Moments here.
Sue Wald - About the Author
As a Thursday Child and multilingual language teacher, she has helped enough school children (and a few adults) on their way to be able to look back on a life not wasted and heave a sigh of relief, while enjoying the scenery and the cool breeze drifting in from the ocean.
Under her Nom de Plume 'Sue Wald', she has put together 'A Day in the Life', an Anthology comprised of the Very Short Memoir 'Players' (as featured in Robert Fear's Anthology '25 Treasured Memories'), which takes the reader on a journey through time from the 1990's in Nürnberg in Franconia, Germany, to her granddad's hometown Zwittau in Sudetenland, now in the Czech Republic, in the 1920's, offering glimpses into her grandfather's life before, during, and after WWII, including an entertaining lunch encounter with the Oskar, as well as peeks into her own life and ghosts of the past; a small collection of poems: 'Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea'; a fictional Short Thriller: 'Faith Value', set in the present and in her chosen neighbourhood, the lush Cantabrican coast of Galicia; several semi-fictional Tristan Stories: 'Tristan Radler's Opinion of Life' (as featured on Fred's Blog Fiction Showcase '24); as well as 'I might actually have lost the plot': a Collection of more Very Short Stories (some of which are also featured in Robert's Anthology and on Fred's Memoirs Showcase '24).
A big fan of London since her teenage years, 'Ripper' lore hasn't lost it's gory appeal and over the years she has come to a new understanding: the 'Canonical Five' represent the plight of women in a merciless society, while the 'Ripper' is its avatar...
As a Thursday Child and multilingual language teacher, she has helped enough school children (and a few adults) on their way to be able to look back on a life not wasted and heave a sigh of relief, while enjoying the scenery and the cool breeze drifting in from the ocean.
Under her Nom de Plume 'Sue Wald', she has put together 'A Day in the Life', an Anthology comprised of the Very Short Memoir 'Players' (as featured in Robert Fear's Anthology '25 Treasured Memories'), which takes the reader on a journey through time from the 1990's in Nürnberg in Franconia, Germany, to her granddad's hometown Zwittau in Sudetenland, now in the Czech Republic, in the 1920's, offering glimpses into her grandfather's life before, during, and after WWII, including an entertaining lunch encounter with the Oskar, as well as peeks into her own life and ghosts of the past; a small collection of poems: 'Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea'; a fictional Short Thriller: 'Faith Value', set in the present and in her chosen neighbourhood, the lush Cantabrican coast of Galicia; several semi-fictional Tristan Stories: 'Tristan Radler's Opinion of Life' (as featured on Fred's Blog Fiction Showcase '24); as well as 'I might actually have lost the plot': a Collection of more Very Short Stories (some of which are also featured in Robert's Anthology and on Fred's Memoirs Showcase '24).
A big fan of London since her teenage years, 'Ripper' lore hasn't lost it's gory appeal and over the years she has come to a new understanding: the 'Canonical Five' represent the plight of women in a merciless society, while the 'Ripper' is its avatar...
