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Short fiction: “Interview with an Intangible Aspect”
I recently sat down for an interview with the Spirit of the 1986 Wauwatosa West High School Intramural Field Hockey Quarter-Finals (hereafter referred to simply as “SPIRIT”) during the Fifth Annual Conference on Intangible Qualities and Aspects, which was held this year at the Clarion Hotel and Convention Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The following is a transcript of that conversation as it occurred amidst the noise and commotion that normally accompanies this event.
JAMES DEAGLE: First of all, thank you for taking the time to talk.
SPIRIT: My pleasure. There normally isn’t much interest from the public in this event, so it’s good to see we’re not lost to the material realm.
JD: (laughs) Don’t kid yourself. Some people outside the convention center tried to buy my press pass off me.
[There is an awkward silence for a brief moment, and I can sense that SPIRIT would like me to start asking a question or two.]
JD: Right, then. For starters, can you tell me what exactly you represent, and how you are still relevant, especially to those with no connection to Wauwatosa, Wisconsin?
SPIRIT: I embody the accumulated emotional atmosphere that hung in the air during the 1986 Wauwatosa West High School Intramural Field Hockey Quarter…
