THE WILD WIND | CHAPTER 12

RADIO VÉRTÉ Presents: A PLACE OF PARADOX
- A Literary Fiction Podcast Written & Narrated by Cory Zimmerman.
SEASONAL | WEEKLY
SEASON ONE: THE WILD WIND - A Novel by Cory Zimmerman
The Wild Wind is an American gothic tale of a woman born and raised on the grounds of a psychiatric institution-not as a patient, but the daughter of the asylum’s farmer-who learns of love and loss while grappling with the question of what it means to be sane when insanity is the norm.
“What’s to be sane in the garden of madness?”
That's the question haunting Sarah, a centenarian writing about her life growing up at the asylum on the bank of the Illinois River. After a long-tormented life, Sarah intends to commit after completing a typewritten manuscript spoken to a man named Sam. Through a lens of lore and myth-the secrets that shaped Sarah’s twisted and mysterious life are revealed.
In Sarah's labyrinthine attempt to find healing and pea