Hopper bought the camp at auction with money saved from his pension. Fifty-two thousand, five hundred, forty-four dollars, and seventy-three cents, back taxes which the absentee owner had refused to pay.
鈥淕oing once 鈥 twice 鈥 sold!鈥 cried the auctioneer.
A bargain, thought Hopper. An all-American, first-class bargain. 鈥淵es, sir,鈥 he said, and signed the paperwork. 鈥淵es, sir鈥 ...
Bio:
Marc Levy鈥檚 work has appeared in New Millennium Writings, Chiron Review, CounterPunch, Adelaide Literary Magazine, and elsewhere. It is forthcoming in the Westchester Review. His war photography has been published in Rattapallax, Fiction International and appears in the Netflix series The Umbrella Academy. His website is Medic in the Green Time.