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On death and dying…
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I was among nine writers and artists chosen to spend time with terminally ill patients at Hospice Austin's Christopher House. Here's an essay about the experience that ran in the Austin American-Statesman.

This lead to my novel-in-stories EVACUATION PLAN, which won the North Texas Book Award and was a finalist for the Violet Crown Book Award. Drop me a line at joconne at austincc dot edu if you’d like a signed copy.

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Evacuation Plan

Great-great-grandmother was squatting in an outhouse, knickers to her knees, when lightning struck and ended it all. No warning; no time to prepare for the big sendoff. Ally Ally all come free. She twists the oxygen tube into a coil, hides her chocolate eyes behind the plastic. For her it will be different. She has an evacuation plan.