Rebecca, Too

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August 2010 has not been kind to Alyssa Caine. Her father, Paxton Walker, died of a heart attack while golfing, August 2, then, Alyssa learns a friend, Rebecca Asher, she hasn't seen for several years, was killed in a car accident not long after Alyssa last saw her. On the afternoon of her wedding anniversary, Alyssa swerves to avoid another accident and crashes her minivan, sending her to the emergency room . When she awakens nearly a week later, she claims she's Rebecca and asks to speak to her brother, Steven.

Early on, Alyssa finds herself trudging through the woods in a tattered princess outfit, where she encounters The Storyteller, a mysterious figure who seems to know everything about her. He assigns her a companion and gives her three tasks to complete: protect the boy; reconcile with the fair maiden; confront the dragon. Once she accomplishes these, she will find her way home.

Alyssa's older sister, Leah, with whom she's had a strained relationship since the death of their mother, sets out to learn why Alyssa has taken on Rebecca's personality. While visiting Steven, Leah meets his aunt Rachel and her friend Claire, and they agree to work together to get to the bottom of Alyssa's behavior. Their plain focuses on The Dragon, who they interpret to be Owen Asher, Rebecca and Steven's father, who abandoned them as children. What will happen when the daughter who has lost her father confronts the father who has lost his daughter?

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About the author

G. M. Lupo

G. M. Lupo (ISNI: 0000 0005 0315 9196) is a native of Atlanta, Georgia where he has always had a dysfunctional relationship with his hometown. He currently resides in Houston County, near Perry, Georgia, not far from where his father's family lived nearly two hundred years ago. He's usually inspired by early morning (around 3 a.m.) walks near his home, and occasional road trips to the historical sites in the surrounding area. 
His most recent published work is the novel Worthy (2023), which is a continuation of the story begun in his novel, Rebecca Too (2018). He has also published two collections of Atlanta Stories, which include  Reconstruction (2020), and Fables of the New South (2017). Along with  his full-length play Another Mother, these constitute his Expanded Universe of Fictional Atlanta, which bears an eerie similarity to his hometown, with some differences. He has also released a collection of essays, poetry, and stories entitled Words Words Words (2020). He is currently in the process of updating his sci-fi fantasy series The Long Timer Chronicles, which is currently out of print.
Most recent performances of his scripted work include Opposites Detract, which premiered at Amplifest, Merely Players Presents (Doraville, GA), May 2019, and A Debt to Play, which had its premiere at Tapas III, Academy Theatre (Hapeville, GA), June 2018. Merely Players Presents also sponsored a reading of his work in progress, Rebecca, Too, in July 2020, via Zoom.
He was the winner of the 2017 Essential Theatre Play Writing Award for his full-length play Another Mother, which had its world premiere in his home neighborhood of West End in August 2017, in the building that once housed the library where he learned to read as a child.
He is a member of the Dramatists Guild, Merely Writers, and the Independent Book Publishers Association. He can be found on the web at http://gmlupo.com.