Jack twisted his body away from the explosions and dived behind some rubble in the Afghani village in Helmand Province. He could feel the heat from the blasts and ducked lower. The noise rose and fell in undulating waves that confused his ears and made him slap his hands down tight over them.
Origins
I am beginning to branch out into a novel of interconnected stories like Russell Banks’s "Trailer Park". The opportunities for showing how the transformative moment changes not only the main character but those around him/her are endless.