A teaser/excerpt from the short story by Brian A. Plank.

By the age of 3 years I knew that there was something significantly different about me…

From birth, I was extremely introverted and quite sensitive. And without a doubt – at least in my opinion – quite weird. Rather than embracing my eccentricities most of the other kids and their parents frowned upon or looked down on me. This added to my insecurities – which caused me to behave even odder. I was stuck riding on a circle constantly ...