Scratch (11 page)

He had a point, but I wasn’t about to head back to the creek anytime soon.
 

“How ’bout I cover for you? If she’s there, I’ll get her distracted and you can go in and get some other clothes to wear in the meantime. What do you say?”
 

I looked up at him and nodded, still wondering what had happened to William and Fred. Uncle Grant was grinning, which made me grin too. It was always something good to see, because I knew that when my uncle grinned everything was going to be okay.
 

And for a moment, I actually believed it was.

Copyright © 2012 Brian Keene

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Russell Dickerson

Ebook design by
Robert Swartwood

Scratch
was previously published as a limited edition hardcover from Cemetery Dance.

“Halves” was previously published as a limited edition chapbook from White Noise Press.

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