Cass Pursell

pursellphotoCass Pursell has been through the bartender/short order cook/ranch hand chapter of his life but was never able to pull off general flâneur. He’s finished his first novel, loves Belgian White beer(s) for happy hour, and is working on a story collection, of which "Driving Blind" is a part. Though he lost his hair privileges earlier than seemed warranted, that didn’t prevent him from winning the love of his life, Peg Alford Pursell, while both were earning MFAs in the mountains of North Carolina (Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers). They now live in the SF Bay Area, where Cass writes in the pre-dawn hours before his workday at Autodesk.

Driving Blind

JT’s sitting at a dark corner table in Carla’s and raises his arm to look at his wrist and make a point on my running late. The watch’s illumination lights the stubble on his face in a tight glow, and … Continue reading