FICTION: Fear Has A Fury When It Breaks

Sod’s Draw
A Short Story By Mark Cantrell

 

THE young toughs were waiting for him again by the turn into his street, leaving no way for him to avoid the gauntlet of insult and intimidation. 

 

They knew his route too well; all the best places to lie in casual wait for the ambush he couldn’t avoid. Work, shopping, life – such as was left – demanded he brave possible aggression at every turn. Sooner or later, that kind of shit just wore you down.

 

Tom d...