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Highway to - Well, You Know
Karma Comes Quickly on the Interstate
Frank's eyelids were as heavy as his foot on the throttle, but he didn't dare slow down. The hypnotic effect of the snow streaking from the darkness into the twin beams of his lights was taking its toll.
It shouldn't have been there. The snow gate was closed at Rock Springs and no sane person would go around it at night on I-80 in a Wyoming blizzard. The white Blazer had been invisible in the wet, heavy snow that had drifted up to its roof.
There hadn't been time to react, much less stop the 65,000 pound beast Frank was driving. The SUV had barely offered any resistance to the plow on contact. It simply slid along the blade, then the wing, and dove into the deep borrow ditch, spraying an immense rooster tail of snow.
Frank had locked up the brakes, bringing his monstrous machine to a shuddering stop. Thoughts of arrest, conviction and imprisonment flooded his panicked mind as he sat, frozen, staring into the oversize side mirror. In the next instant, a bright bloom of flame had erupted in the blackness behind him.
Engine screaming, now miles from the accident site, the snowplow rushed forward with Frank in full flight response behind the wheel. He noticed far too late the gap that suddenly opened in the asphalt ahead. Leaping into the mouth of the chasm, the truck nosed over. As it fell, Frank could clearly see the eerie glow of brimstone far below.
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Dana Crandell
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Oh wow I wasn't expecting that. You certainly took me by surprise, and I totally loved it, Dana! Especially the extremely visceral description of the plow taking falling off the road and into the abyss. Brilliantly done
Creepy karma
Hehehehehehehehehe well I think you know how much I love this! However much you think it is, multiply that by a million!
Dana this is some gobsmacking skill you have here! The story was so well told but most importantly, your writing was superb!! I dare say that break did you a great amount of good as this is the best piece I've read from you yet, by a long shot! I loved this!!
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It's bad enough going through Nebraska or Iowa on I-80. But Wyoming????? Perhaps the vehicle had been on the road before the blizzard started & the gates were closed. Perhaps it had broken down & no one was in it. Ah, but fear & panic can make a person do crazy things, especially when they're tired & traversing an already surreal landscape.
Bon Scott looks up beneath heavy eyelids, wipes spittle from his mouth, takes a shot from his flask, and yells back to Satan: "We got another one!" Well-wrought!
Wow, that was a lot of crazy shit to go down in 250 words!! Great storytelling :)
Oh no, did he deserve such a bleak ending? I was frightened for him then bam! 💥 Great writing though 😊
What a sad ending
So much going wrong in such a well written micro! My second hand anxiety flared big time!
I’ve driven that road in the snow and it’s no fun even for an experienced snowplow driver. He should have stopped though.
Oh Frank, action and consequence so hot on its heels.
Ok, your next story has to be rainbows and unicorns. My fragile mind is now distressed. Awesome work, you got my blood pumping