Lt. Strack and the Pilot’s Boy

Moon over Berlin, Sun over Santorini: B1C2

James Finn
Nov 7 · 11 min read
Oktoberfest, Wikiemedia Commons

A relentless current pulled Ian along like he was tubing down a river littered with almost-familiar flotsam. People surged around him in a circular exhibition hall, booths spaced out along curving walls on both sides of the course.

The people unnerved him.

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Writer. Runner. Marine. Airman. Former LGBTQ and HIV activist. Former ActUpNY and Queer Nation. Polyglot. Middle-aged, uppity faggot. jamesfinnwrites@gmail.com

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