The setting itself dredges up so many horrors that happen in 3rd world countries, that the possibilities are wide open. A nasty story can be a page turner if it is told well. Perhaps this is an opportunity to build two characters: the one in the story and yours
Jumpin' Jesus on a pogo stick, I seemed to have had a sucky day when I was replying to this thread; my post reads "hi, I just sat on an angry wasp and now I'm taking it out on you." This... .. and this! Granted, I'm yet to come across a story I've enjoyed that has completely lacked hope (I hear The Road is pretty hopeless!), so I might try to keep that in the story if I were you, but all in all, do as you please and post an excerpt to the workshop... except I think you have done just that and I, too, critted it...
