Eric D. Johnson

Eric D. Johnson lives in Bluffton, South Carolina, where he is a member of the Island Writers Network. Eric is the author of Run to Win and has recently completed his second novel A Second Coming due to launch in 2022. Eric has contributed to the anthology Journey into My Brother’s Soul and two Island Writers Network anthologies Reflections and Ripples, and in the anthology Twists and Turns published by Daniel Boone Footsteps. Visit Eric’s website OnYouMark.com for more information.

Run to Finish

Frederick Douglass High School was a few blocks from Fairmount Park’s Strawberry Mansion, the estate that gave the area its quaint sounding name. The neighborhood had once been home to legendary jazz saxophonist John Coltrane, artist Henry O. Tanner, and Three Stooges alum Larry Fine. There was a time when fans could view Athletics and Phillies baseball games from the rooftops of row houses that ran adjacent to Shibe Park or Connie Mack stadium.
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