Perhaps the most common query I get from readers of The Vapors is “what happened to Hazel?” I suppose it’s a testament to how attached readers get to Hazel and invested they are in her fate. It’s also probably a sign that it was a mistake to write the epilogue in the manner I did - trying to leave readers with a sense of open-ended optimism rather than spell out how the next half-century would play out for everyone. The point, I figured, wasn’t what happened to Hazel, rather what
What lies beneath the waters
What lies beneath the waters
What lies beneath the waters
Perhaps the most common query I get from readers of The Vapors is “what happened to Hazel?” I suppose it’s a testament to how attached readers get to Hazel and invested they are in her fate. It’s also probably a sign that it was a mistake to write the epilogue in the manner I did - trying to leave readers with a sense of open-ended optimism rather than spell out how the next half-century would play out for everyone. The point, I figured, wasn’t what happened to Hazel, rather what