Waiting On a Stranger: Boys, a Tale

The tale is a standalone novelette about a boy on the run. No better place to hide out than Gila Bend, a place uncluttered by the voices of a world that doesn't speak to him. A lonesome boy disappears on the night of his high school graduation - longing for a stranger he can tell his story to. He practices the make-or-break greetings he will use in this land of exile - the Arizona desert - where he spends his nights meeting the bus from Yuma.
The next bus is due a few minutes after Henry turns 18, the time for a birthday wish: that the stranger will step off.