by Scott Bryan Kieran White “Where’d you get that scar on your chin?” I jerk my attention down from the great, dangling gondolas lining the curve of the Ferris wheel. On the ground we are illuminated by lines of delicate, buzzing light bulbs, but above us the wheel vibrates with strained neon tubes like slits cut into the hard black nighttime skirt. Vertigo washes over me and I reach out and clutch the thick chain that separates me from active riders. I focus on the inquisiti