RUNNING ON AHEAD by Chuck Von Nordheim
July 11, 2011 Short stories
Mike walked into the sun to make sure Beugin saw his shirt. The shirt he wore boasted a Springsteen CD cover, the one with Bruce’s denim-clad butt in front of an American flag. Since the Provisional Authority condemned Springsteen as a cultural terrorist, Mike figured sporting it would give Beugin all the probable cause he’d need to search for the contraband he’d been led to suspect was on the premises. Mike picked the shirt, though, because he bought it at the first concert he took Tina to—a his and hers matched set of classic rock art. (more…)
