Biafran Man (Fiction)

A young troubled boy goes missing at summer camp but his legacy lives on in Jonathan Papernick's short story.

By Jonathan Papernick,

That summer, the boys of Owl Bunk called the new kid who never spoke “Polio Arms,” “Mr. Skin and Bones,” and sometimes, when feeling particularly cruel, they called him “Biafran Man.” Most of the kids at Camp Elk Horn knew each other from their privileged lives back in the city and the elite neighbourhoods and suburbs of Westcheste…