Most grown-ups can probably remember what it was like to be young and desperate to impress older peers, to seem "cool," and to make impulsive decisions based on what other people might think. Take a moment to reflect on your childhood and see how Edward Hagelstein perfectly channels these experiences in "Drop, Rock, and Roll." Hagelstein's piece originally appeared in the Short Short Fiction section of DB 12, Summer 2010, a collection of brief stories all centered around the theme of "Freedom and Belonging."
"And so, with J. Geils thumping in the speakers and someone in the back seat pounding Jesse’s brain into jello with drumsticks on his headrest, he tromped on the gas and steered for the unfortunate barefoot boys. As the drummers realized what he was doing, the drumming stopped, and Peter Wolf even seemed to be struck into silence as the engine roared and the boys ran for the shallow ditch on the side of the road..."
Edward Hagelstein is a Florida-based writer whose fiction and photography have been published in multiple journals. Check out a couple of his other pieces here and here.
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Most grown-ups can probably remember what it was like to be young and desperate to impress older peers, to seem "cool," and to make impulsive decisions based on what other people might think. Take a moment to reflect on your childhood and see how Edward Hagelstein perfectly channels these experiences in "Drop, Rock, and Roll." Hagelstein's piece originally appeared in the Short Short Fiction section of DB 12, Summer 2010, a collection of brief stories all centered around the theme of "Freedom and Belonging."
"And so, with J. Geils thumping in the speakers and someone in the back seat pounding Jesse’s brain into jello with drumsticks on his headrest, he tromped on the gas and steered for the unfortunate barefoot boys. As the drummers realized what he was doing, the drumming stopped, and Peter Wolf even seemed to be struck into silence as the engine roared and the boys ran for the shallow ditch on the side of the road..."
Edward Hagelstein is a Florida-based writer whose fiction and photography have been published in multiple journals. Check out a couple of his other pieces here and here.
Click her to enjoy "Drop, Rock, and Roll"