No Small Parts Rachel Cash • Fiction
Burgaw, North Carolina, October 1984 One Friday afternoon in the Pender High School cafeteria, Ron Snyder’s best friend Danny suggested they audition for the Stephen King movie, Silver Bullet, filming in Wilmington and Burgaw. “It’ll be fun!” Danny said. “If we go to the open audition, we might get cast as extras.” “I should stay home and study,” Ron said. “I take the SAT in three weeks.” Danny gave him a look, which prompted Ron to add, “I’ve never failed a test in my life.” “I know,” Danny said with a sigh. “It’s so pathetic. Listen, we’re seniors. In eight months we graduate and in less than a year you’ll be off at Yale curing polio—” “Polio’s been cured, Danny.” “And I’ll be at community college. Don’t you want to do something radical before you leave and forget me forever?” The two boys had been friends since junior high and not once had Ron gone along with one of Danny’s schemes. However, being an actor was a pipe dream of his.
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