The Burnt-Down House

A Photo Essay for Symposium 4: Home

This piece is a contribution to the STSC Symposium, a monthly set-theme collaboration between STSC writers. The topic for this upcoming issue is Home.

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Down the private drive, to the left, on the shoulder of the east side of the loop, basks the burnt-down house.

The property has remained undeveloped and relatively unmolested since my family moved to the neighborhood when I was 2. That means the husk of home has sat waiting for at least 34 years.