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While he spirals into fragmented memories, a well-dressed young stranger arrives claiming he needs help due to storm trouble and asks to wait inside. Gerry brings the man in, but uneasy tension grows as awkward conversation, unsettling physical details, and lightning-linked impressions raise doubts about the stranger’s intentions.","Red Mud Review 37  \nThe Smiling Man  \nGerodan Goldtrap  \nThe storm clouds hovered across the horizon as big mountains with flashes of twisted, stretching lightning and cracks oflow, long thunder. Gusts of wind became more frequent and stronger as the storm forced itself upon the land. The atmosphere pressed down with a cold touch upon everything. The weather vane upon the roof of the house started to spin in a violent circle as the wind increased. The thunder even from a distance was now loud enough to rattle the windows. Gerry Nicholson sat on his porch sipping on moonshine in a rocker as he had been doing for hours before the sudden and terrible storm, thinking about the events of his life. The storm started to pound the old tin roof with huge and heavy raindrops, creating a raucous racket that proved to be too much for Gerry. He decided to move inside, where it was a little quieter, and where more jars of moonshine sat on his kitchen counters beckoning him to prove that alcohol poisoning was a myth.  \nWalking into the door frame with a loud thud, Gerry bounced to the table, where he stabilized himself and rested for a moment. It was okay to walk again. He looked at the empty Mason jar in his hand. He threw it to the trashcan, but instead hit the wall. The jar smashed and sent glass flying everywhere. This jar in its hundreds of pieces joined more bits of glass as part of the growing collection of smashed jars that littered the floor. He shuffled to his counter and grabbed another jar. He got pieces of glass in his left hand that was helping him stand. He bled a OLWWOH􀀏 EXW GLGQ¶W FDUH DV WKH SDLQ EDUHO\\ UHJLVWHUHG􀀑 +H VORZO\\􀀏 DQG ZLWK H[DJJHUDWHG PRYHPHQWV􀀏 made his way into his living room. He walked on the cigarette butts on his way to his favorite armchair which was surrounded by a semi-circle of cigarette butts and unlit cigarettes he had been too drunk to pick up.  \nGerry sat down in the old chair, knocked the empty Marlboro cartons on the small table next to his chair, and set his jar on the cleared space. He reached down in between the cushion on the chair to grab the TV remote. In his present state, pulling out the TV remote was a herculean effort, and in his own mind was a hero of spectacular drunk legend. His titanic efforts were met with the remote not working as the TV had been knocked over earlier in an intoxicated tantrum. It was a broken mess that he stared at absently and angrily instead of whatever channel happened to be on.  \nGerry frowned and threw the remote in no particular direction. It hit the wall knocking over a framed item that hit the floor. The glass of the frame cracked and the noise was enough to arouse his curiosity. He was that it was his PhD certificate. He growled and cursed the world. Alot of good that was, he thought, and then took a sip from his newest jar . A rolling and terrible thunderclap shook the windows as the storm continued. Gerry tried to remember which jar this ZDV DV KH VHW LW EDFN GRZQ􀀏 EXW FRXOGQ¶W UHPHPEHU􀀑 +H FRXOGQ¶W UHPHPEHU ZKHQ KH KDG HYHQ started to drink. Hours ago or even days ago maybe; it was all a long blurry memory to him. He reached over and picked up a cigarette. He lit it, finished it in a single breath, and let out a huge cloud of smoke which hung in the air in front of him for what seemed like forever. He sat there and watched it slowly disappear in front of him.  \nSipping and thinking, time passed by Gerry without notice. The only things he noticed were the cracks of lightning and the burn in his throat from drinking so much. Then there was a knocking at the door. He sat there for a moment just staring in the direction of the door. There was more knocking, so he decided to answer the door. Having a task to accomplish gave him enough focus to not run into anything as he walked to the door. He flung the door open.  \nRed Mud Review 38  \nStanding on his porch was a young man. Lighting flashed and highlighted him against the still terrible storm. 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