December Park
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Doing a fine job keeping pace, Adrian rode along with them on my bike, seemingly unsteady at first but slowly gaining confidence. Dangling from a length of shoelace around his neck was a small heart-shaped locket.
When we reached McKinsey, my dad glanced up and saw them all in the rearview mirror. He laughed, then reached over and rubbed the back of my head. I turned around in the passenger seat, watching them through the back window, my eyes brimming with tears. My dad slowed as we crossed the highway so my friends could keep up.
But they couldn’t keep up forever.
As the distance between us became greater and greater, I leaned out of the window and waved at them with both hands. Tears streamed from my eyes.
They waved back at me, and one of them—I believe it was Michael—shouted my name.
And that was how I chose to remember them, with the sunlight shimmering off Michael’s army helmet, with Scott fanning his Orioles cap high above his head, with Peter’s hair a fiery red beneath the noonday sun, and with Adrian waving at me almost timidly as the distance between us grew. I hung on to them for as long as I could until they were nothing more than ghosts against the backdrop of December Park.
BIO
Ronald Malfi is the award-winning author of several horror novels, mysteries, and thrillers. In 2009, his crime drama Shamrock Alley won a Silver IPPY Award. In 2011, his ghost story/mystery Floating Staircase was nominated by the Horror Writers Association for best novel; the book also won a Gold IPPY Award for best horror novel. Most recognized for his haunting, literary style and memorable characters, Malfi’s dark fiction has gained acceptance among readers of all genres. He currently lives with his wife and daughter along the Chesapeake Bay, where he is at work on his next book. He can be reached online at www.ronmalfi.com.
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