My Biggest Fear

Tonight my biggest fear (now my ex-biggest fear) came true, and nothing happened. Slinking among the nether reaches of my mind, along with what if I die? what if I’ve already died and this murk of uncertainty, this frantic limbo of futility is my eternal punishment?—has lurked till now a more distinct fear: What if I walk on stage, open my mouth before a full house, and nothing comes out? [This is an excerpt from Diary of a Heretic, the novel. Click here for the first episode, or here for the previous one.] What if I just stand there, swaying?...