Published: Jan. 29, 2012
Words: 2425 (approximate)
Language: English

Short description

Yukyuk is a speed freak and Harry sells weed and hash from his one-room apartment on 11th Street. One warm summer night in 1967, they have a problem, and that problem ends in murder.

Extended description

In 1967 I wrote this story for my 10th Grade English class. I'd written a fantasy novel in the 6th grade, but this was a much more serious attempt at fiction. It was the first story I ever typed on a typewriter. I wrote about the East Village even though I'd never been there, only heard stories from my friend Bugsy, who'd visited for a few weeks during the summer with our mutual friend Maarten. I'd been to Haight-Ashbury, which was also peppered with speed freaks, but that scene was tamer. I later met many of the characters when they migrated to San Francisco, passing through Urbana, IL. Of course, I immediately recognized Harry; he was the oriental in the group. The newspaper story was taken from a real incident that happened in the fall, involving a teenager who was part of this scene named Linda Fitzpatrick. Linda's death marked the end of a huge, wild party in the East Village and the crash-pad scene for runaways that had flourished for years suddenly began to disappear.

Tags

hippies, east village, speed freak, steven hager

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Review by: Marcia Carrington on Feb. 13, 2012 :
An original short story about some disheveled characters and their tatty lives, which manages to keep them sympathetic to the reader despite their actions.
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Review by: Dave Rodway on Jan. 29, 2012 :
I like how Bugsy says "Cat" and "pad".
Great story for a young guy!
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