Tools

By Royal Alvis

A young boy with feminine qualities tries to please his father with more manly behavior. His efforts lead to failure and embarrassment, and an unexpected new bond between father and son. We receive this story from the son at a mature age. He looks back on his childhood trying to determine how this mortifying incident shaped his character, how his sexual identity might have been different if his environment had been different.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Royal Alvis
• Release date: Nov 8, 2022
• ISBN: 9781005535971

Royal Alvis

Several of Royal Alvis’s stories have appeared in literary Magazines and on-line journals. Although he has said this before, his novel is nearly finished and will be available soon; it’s a mix of yoga, travel and the supernatural. A bunch of short stories are also on the way, most of which share a surreal and fabulist vibe. When he’s not writing Royal likes to practice meditation and Tai chi. He has not been in trouble or done anything excessively stupid for a very long time. Instead, he volunteers at a New York senior center where he delivers meals and teaches creative writing. He is very much in love with his girlfriend, and both of them are very much in love with their dog, Ember. He would mention his degree from the MFA Writing Program at Bennington College, but he doesn’t think anyone will care.

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Royal Alvis

Tools

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Tools

I’ve always had a solitary nature, but when I was little, two twin sisters moved next door, Rosemarie and Gina Delatangelo, and for a while I played with other children, and for the most part, I played like a girl. Hopscotch, jump rope, dolls … and I don’t recall what else, though I have a vague remembrance of how children reenact