Aug 13, 2019
The King of Florida and Other Roadside Attractions
Like much of Florida, it appears both ridiculous and dangerous and gambling is involved. I think. I still don’t understand it.
Erika Swyler is the author of Light From Other Stars (Bloomsbury, May 2019) and The Book of Speculation . Her writing has appeared in Literary Hub, Catapult, VIDA Review, Monkey Bicycle, The New York Times, and elsewhere. She is on Twitter: @erikaswyler
Like much of Florida, it appears both ridiculous and dangerous and gambling is involved. I think. I still don’t understand it.
Where skinny shoulder blades should have ended, they began, two shadows sprouting from the child’s back. Wings made of dust.
