After being stripped of his license to box for refusing to be inducted into the Army based on
his religious beliefs, the Greatest finds himself in a dreamlike locker room being prepared
for a fight while the crowd outside cheers his name.
He remembers going to bed, tired after a long day of training, and he remembers noises in
the night, the rush of cool air over his bared body, but he doesn’t recall how he got
here; wherever here may be.
DEBUT
“In His Prime,” in Every Day Fiction,October 2010.
VARIANTS
Debut. “In His Prime,” in Every Day Fiction,October 2010.
He remembers going to bed, tired after a long day of training, and he remembers noises in
the night, the rush of cool air over his bared body, but he doesn’t recall how he got
here; wherever here may be.
1 English variant