Freddy Goodman (Ain't No Good Man) — Ryan Hoyt

A short story of contemporary fiction.His coming-of-age story was so twenty years ago.Freddy Goodman is everything everyone always said he'd be at thirty-five years old.A bum. A lowlife. Scum. Just like his father. Just like his father's father.On the day of his wedding, Freddy is approached by the demons of his youth. Calling to him. Beckoning him. If he really wants to start a new life, Freddy must face the past head-on by following the tracks into the wilderness beyond.However, Freddy's not so sure he'll survive what's waiting for him at the end of the tracks.Freddy Goodman (Ain't No Good Man) is a short story that explores what might have happened to the rougher, tougher characters in the classic coming-of-age stories and films of the 1980s and 90s once they grew up and were left behind by their only friends.