#49: The Cru Write Hopkins: Eavesdropper

The Cru take a poetical turn while imitating the style and substance of author Ellen Hopkins, most notable for her Crank trilogy about the trauma of addiction. Stories feature a disaffected youth; a mysterious eavesdropper in the park; a lonely soul looking for a home; and a misunderstood adolescent. From Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Eavesdropper.  One  who  listens  stealthily  to conversation.  The  eavesdrop  or  eavesdrip  was the  space  of  ground  liable  to  receive  the  water dripping  from  the  eaves  of  a  house.  An  eaves- dropper is  one  who  places  himself  in  the eaves-drip  to  overhear  what  is  said  in  the house. Under  our  tents  I'll  play  the  eavesdropper, To  hear  if  any  mean,  to  shrink  from  me.Richard  III,  v,  3. Stories begin around the 16 minute mark.Like this weeks episode and wish you could read as well as listen? Subscribe to our Substack for a summary of our opening discussion, a story from the episode, and a writing prompt!  Be sure to follow us on Instagram (if that's your sort of thing). Please do send us an email with your story if you write along, which we hope you will do. Episodes of Radio FreeWrite are protected by a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0) license. All Stories remain the property of their respective authors.