Park Hazard
Randie’s misfortunes are often recorded by Ryan. His “secret novel” might have this little episode in it.
Currently I am reading “Doc’s Lab” … stories and myth’s about Cannery Row. What I love about Steinbeck’s Cannery Row is that the characters in the book so closely resemble real-life peoples…. notably Ed Ricketts.
Talk about being carried off by wild dogs.
Or leashed ones?
It’s always fun to speculate how much of an artist’s (or writer’s) own life and personal experiences go into the mix. I don’t think it’s possible to portray a character convincingly otherwise.
Ryan had best watch himself. There WILL come a day when Randie will see what he’s been writing. And taken the wrong way, it could be kind of creepy, even though it Ryan who was writing it. Far better he ‘fess up at the correct time. Either that or start writing about other friends as well as Randie. You know… to demonstrate he’s doing this as an enjoyable writing exercise and not… well… stalking.