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Waves of Consequence – By Tyler McMahon

Published By Tyler McMahon • Apr 7th, 2010 • Category: Short Stories Of The Week

 
Getting him the girls is the part I hate most. On these shameful walks along the Malecón, the first-timers try to hold my hand or put their arms around me—talking that Spanish baby-talk that makes me cringe. They don’t get it.
We pass by the local surfers: the nice Peruvian kids who made room for me [...]