Short Story
Who Is Rudolph Fentz?
- by C. R. Berry
- in Scribble 68, Winter 2015
It would seem that Jack Finney got it wrong in his 1951 story “I’m Scared.” But never fear! C. R. Berry tells us the true story of how a certain Mr. Rudolph Fentz came to find himself in front of a cab on a busy street next to Times Square. —Michael Main
At 11.15pm, Forrest was passing through Times Square, New York City, heading for his apartment on West 51st Street during Times Square’s busiest time, theatre letting out time. Carving through the crowds, wishing he’d gone a different way, Forrest noticed a man in his thirties standing in the middle of the road.