X-Ray Rider (excerpt) by Wayne Spitzer

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Overall:
A sheltered boy whose life consists mostly of joy-riding with his family is given a pair of toy X-ray glasses by his mother, who may be ailing, and comes to believe he can see through clothes, skin and finally the walls of the world itself, where something monstrous seems to be growing.
Excerpt:
Tentative first chapter, rough draft.