Killing Time

by Heide Braley

A short story about two boys on a hot summer day with nothing to do. They decide to pretend to be hobos and jump aboard a boxcar for a fun picnic including their Dad's whiskey. Unfortunately, they get drunk, fall asleep and wake up hundred of miles from home.

11 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 13, 2012

About the author

Heide is a freelance author who works from the freedom of her home at the top of the Chesapeake Bay. The beauty of the area inspires her stories and many of the local landmarks are included as part of the backdrop of her scenes. Heide works the personality of the nearby towns into some of the characters that live in several of her fictional pieces. By keeping her stories varied in style and structure, she keeps the reader intrigued from one page to the next, using words to evoke literal images of the scenes as she pulls you into the story with dialogue.

Reviews

[Marjie · Rating 4 out of 5]

short story

Very, very short story, not a book. This took less than a half hour to read. Cute little story about two six year olds on an adventure.