SPOOLS OF RED TWINE is narrated by the painfully frank, self-aware, and scathingly honest Rebecca Stonewall who – at only 22 years old – finds herself working a soul-sucking job as a cashier at a health food store. Haunted by a dream of being chased by Madness, and constantly critiquing the ridiculous individuals around her (ones who metaphorically ‘fart through their mouths’), she becomes aware of her own hypocrisies. Unable to move, she realizes that fear is acting as a glue, and madness a beckoning hand she is unable to follow.
Just as she falls into the suffocating pool of insincerity and emptiness, she meets James, a ‘Dean’ type who brings her back into herself. He is the antithesis of order and control, and inspires her to rebel back against society and her own burdening expectations. Just as her dream predicted, he is Madness and he’s finally caught up.
Spools of red twine will seal her fate. Wake up. Wake up. She can’t be late.