I don’t know what it is about Joe Shaw, but he has the uncanny knack of taking simple moments and exploding them into gut wrenching emotion. Today the Fourth of July Parade turns into a life changing moment of personal liberty. Click on the retro merchandise of a Return of the Jedi speeder bicycle to read ‘The Parade’.

More Fourth of July stories from the Fondue Writer’s Club are coming throughout the week, so be looking for them.