“Now, she was stranded on the freeway. No garage—shifty or otherwise—in sight. She gave the dashboard a pat then turned the key. She put her truck into drive, eased her foot onto the gas pedal, but the truck wanted no part of it, so she turned it off and removed the key from the ignition and stared out the window, paralyzed.” “Carrion” available for purchase in Pembroke Magazine, Vol. 51, 2019