On my drive back to the city, I recalled a short story I had written a few years ago, something more like an outline than a story. The final tale was called Do-Gooder…
Excerpt from Do-Gooder, by Renaldo Drake. Originally published in Ashley House: Winter Stories magazine, December 2013. Used by permission.
Driving northward bound on Interstate 79 through the green and flowing Pennsylvania hills. Farm country. The places where secrets are kept and love affairs between handsome men are sometimes hidden. A bright green, sunny, and glowing summer day. July something. Hotter than f**k. Steeping. The day reeks with heat as if the globe is going to be set on fire by the sun and Armageddon will begin. Maybe the last day of Layton Midway’s life. Maybe. He’s not sure, but it feels like it.
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