Cain Rose Up & Mrs. Todd's Shortcut Summary

In "Cain Rose Up", a young man named Curt Garrish has just finished his finals at college. As he makes his way back to his dorm room, several of his peers request last-minute advice on the finals. With each boy that delays him, he internally thinks of some version of death that awaits them. At first, it appears that his internal monologue is his intellect making a guess as to what their futures may hold; however, once he enters his room, his internal thoughts become darker and focus on a gun that he has hidden. Garrish has only a poster of Humphrey Bogart on his wall. He begins to have a conversation with the poster, telling it his own version of the story of Cain and Abel. The story consists of Cain believing...