Monsters

by little-b

Ray Kowalski has a monster under his bed. Three other little boys Ray Vecchio, Benton Fraser and Renfield Turnbull all have their own monsters too and perhaps their experiences make them the men they become. A tiny story I wanted to share.

Monsters

Stanley Kowalski has a monster under his bed. It is called Monster. It eats socks and broken rollerskates and icky things like vegetables and girls. Sometimes he feeds it his brother's books full of girls with no clothes on. He doesn't mind, Mom's never found Monster.

(Little) Ray Vecchio can see his monster coming in the dark. It has the shine of a belt buckle and smells of booze. It mumbles and thunders words his Ma says he shouldn't know. Ray doesn't want to be a monster when he grows up.

Benton Fraser doesn't believe in monsters. He has been told unequivocally that there aren't any. And his books don't have any monsters either. So the things that come to him in his sleep can't be monsters. But he does not ask what they are. He hates them and he needs them.

Renfield Turnbull knows there is a monster, but Mother told him that Fang would keep him safe. He knows there are monsters because Mr Edmonton told him about them and they eat up little boys who lie. And their mothers. And he holds Fang tighter, so tight his stuffing might burst except Fang's a real wolf really.