Riker Brown is new to the writing world, and is just now getting their feet wet. Their odd outlook on the world gives them insights that may not be evident to others. They hope to share those outlooks and idiosyncracies in a way that brings just the right balance of wonder and weird.
You’re a young attorney, a few drinks in after a long day on Capitol Hill. As you cross the smokey old bar room on your way to the head your eye catches a weathered man in a wrinkled blue suit, his face oddly familiar. The wrinkled skin and perpetual 5 o’clock shadow tells you he’s been around a while, but the class ring shows he was in your class at law school. Maybe thats why you recognize him, but you’d better remember someon that stood out amongst your 20-something peers you think to youself.As you pass by he looks up long enough to grab your sleeve “Politics changes you.”, he said in a low gravely whisper before taking a long slow drag of his cigarette and exhaling, “Don’t ever let anyone tell you it doesn’t.”.
When you exit the restroom he’s gone and no one remembers him being there. You sip your bourbon and cola while you wait for the ai face aging app to load your results.What you see shakes you to the core.
Stories That Are All True 