Thunder Zymborowski's Volcano

This story is also available as part of the collection Easy Money & Other Stories.

You never know where, when, or how inspiration that may alter your life forever could arrive. For a large, overweight high school boy named Henry Zymborowski who is trying to find his place in a new town, it comes at the strangest time and place in a way he never would have imagined.

"Long before the legend of Thunder Zymborowski began; before I received the Chuck Bednarik trophy, the Rookie of the Year trophy, the world record, and the Hall of Fame nominations; I was a fat, lonely, giant of a boy named Henry moving from town to town with my crazy but loving mother, Ida. We moved to Seaview, Long Island at the beginning of my freshman year of high school. Arly Reed was the first kid at Seaview High School to talk to me and, although I only knew him for a week, in a strange way, I owe all I’ve become to him..."