The past, now.
- The Right of Way
(Page 1 of a 22-page story, unpublished.)
The summer sun baked the broad shoulder of the Interstate. The hitchhikers sat under a sign banning pedestrians from the highway. Their packs were scattered around them on the hot asphalt. Robert held up a piece of cardboard. Kansas City. He’d spent hours laboring over the calligraphy with the [...]

