The day we met Danny Fletcher, he told us a dragon lived under Maycomb Avenue. “That’s what started the fire that killed Bobby Brennan.”
“No way,” we said. Everyone knew that crazy Mrs. Brennan burned the place down with cigarettes and vodka.
That summer, he said the dragon lived in his house. His dad grounded him a week for lying.
He showed up one day, left eye swollen shut, two teeth missing.
“Dragon do that?” We laughed. He didn’t.
That was the last time we saw Danny alive. The cops arrested his dad. Guess Danny was right about that dragon.
Author bio: While writing is his passion, Matthew also spends a lot of his time learning survival skills in preparation for the zombie apocalypse. He currently teaches English in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Danny is part of 101 Fiction issue 4.
Terribly, terribly sad. Poor kid.
ReplyDeleteRe: zombie apocalypse, I think Vegas could easily be ground zero for such a thing. Imagine that, Vegas overrun by a zombie horde... Good luck with those survival skills!