Stories & Essays: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

William Boyd (left) rests with his fiance, Monique Stevens, after a pickup basketball game in Ocean View. Right on the main drag, squeezed between the Ocean View Senior Center, a bus stop and a demolished beach motel, it's an open space that lures guys from all directions. One man wanders over to play and bums change before leaving.
William Boyd (left) rests with his fiance, Monique Stevens, after a pickup basketball game in Ocean View. Right on the main drag, squeezed between the Ocean View Senior Center, a bus stop and a demolished beach motel, it's an open space that lures guys from all directions. One man wanders over to play and bums change before leaving.