TOF: The Truth About Fiction #4

[Scott Eiler]

On 5/26/2015 6:46 AM, Michael D Friedman wrote:

> I tell you this, not because my parents mean nothing to me, but
> because Jamal Wilkins is now right in front of me, sitting on the
> hood of a broken-down Cadillac, on a dirt road in the middle of the
> desert, holding a goldfish in a glass bowl.
>
> "Can I get a ride?" he asks.
>
> Luckily for Jamal, the Bentley that my grandfather left me is a
> convertible, otherwise I don't think his 7'1" frame would've fit.
>
> ...
>
> Okay. Screw it. I don't know what to expect anymore.
>
> And as if to confirm this, the two weird bald men in the corner jump
> up from their booth and yell, "It is him! Joe, it is him! Behold, the
> grandson, our savior!"

Heh.  For reasons which will soon become obvious, I have an affinity for 
stories about saviors and ex-basketball players.  So I might not be the 
proper critical reviewer, but I see nothing wrong with this story.

-- 
(signed) Scott Eiler  8{D> -------- http://www.eilertech.com/ ---------

When you *are* the leader... whatever goes wrong... whether you did it
or not... *you* are held responsible. - Barack Obama

I know. - Archie Andrews

- from Archie #617, March 2011, scripted by Alex Simmons.