The Booming Sky

By Myles McDonough

Ian doesn't want the homeless man to see him.

 

But he has to take the subway. And the subway is where the man with the cup waits. Watching. Needing.

 

It's easier to ignore the man. Until the man becomes impossible to ignore . . .

 

Download "The Booming Sky" today to find out why Ian fights so hard to keep others out—and what he discovers when he finally lets them in.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Myles McDonough
• Release date: Oct 21, 2023
• ISBN: 9798223885023

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The Booming Sky

Myles McDonough

Copyright © 2023 by Myles McDonough

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The Booming Sky

Ian stepped quickly down the long, low tunnel connecting the Old State House to the Orange Line platform at State Street.

The tunnel, as far as Ian could see, was empty. He was grateful for that. Sometimes, a homeless man or woman would sit about halfway down, cardboard sign leaning against the pale yellow tiles of the curved wall, and look at commuters as they passed by, hoping to make eye contact. Ian dreaded being noticed by people like that—homeless people with dirty clothes or the addicts who loafed around aimlessly by the entrance to Park Street Station, with nothing better to do than sit on the brick walls ringing the plaza and talk. To be seen by someone like