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By C.C. Hawk
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About the Story
The Hunt family consisting of Reginald, the handsome, but chauvinistic and overbearing father; Jackie the attractive, pleasant mother; and Regina, their shy and quiet thirteen-year-old daughter travel from St. Louis, Missouri to the Caribbean for a long-anticipated trip at a luxury beachside resort in Montego Bay, Jamaica during the daughter’s middle school spring break. While sitting in the lobby awaiting hotel check-in, Regina, embarrassed by her dad's behavior watches in horror and disbelief as her mom attempts to calm her dad and stop him from endangering a dream vacation as he argues against hotel policy with hotel staff.
- Author
- C.C. Hawk
- Genre
- Fiction
- Publication / Creation Year
- 2026
- Publication
- 11th Annual Short Stories by Texas Authors
- Volume / Edition
- 11th Annual
- Story Position
- 5
- Approx. Word Count
- 4070
- Registry Number Range
- LC-SSSC-001 – LC-SSSC-050
AUTHOR'S PURPOSE
Why This Story Was Written
This is a fictionalized account of one of many experiences I had growing up with a parent who had anger issues and how those experiences can influence one's choices in life.
STORY AT A GLANCE
Premise & Themes
Central premise or conflict: A father's inability to accept a hotel policy
Primary themes: Family Vacations, Family Dynamics, Difficult Family Relationships, Anger Issues Teen Angst, Chauvinism, Uncontrolled Tempers
Why it is memorable: It is a realistic account of what can happen when tempers are uncontrolled and how the behavior of one family member negatively affects other family members.
- Emotional Tone
- Reflective
- Setting
- Montego Bay, Jamaica in 1972
- Main Character / Central Figure
- Reginald and Regina Hunt
READER INFORMATION
Reading Notes
Content notice: There are some uses of profanity, but words are not spelled out completely.
Where readers can access the story outside the anthology: Unknown
COLLECTIBLE DEVELOPMENT
Visual Direction
- Artwork Exists
- Yes
- Artist / Designer
- Alan Bourgeois, Texas Authors Museum via AI
- Preferred Style
- Not provided