This is a work of fiction inspired by three things: the short stories of J.L Borges, the train scene from North by Northwest, and a question that I kept seeing raised last season — why was Tom Thibodeau, for whom winning is oxygen, continue to play Elfrid Payton, whose play did not appear to contribute to the cause? There had to be more going on than we realized, right? What might that be? Here is part one of my short story’s take on the question.
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“In Arabic, ‘zahir’ means visible, manifest, evident...beings or things which have the terrible power to be unforgettable, and whose image eventually drives people mad.