Alone on an empty, eerie road in the middle of the Sacramento Delta, Carla fumes at the boyfriend who abandoned her. The sun sets. A car appears. A pleasant looking couple offers wary Carla a ride.
The fare: "Tell us the story."
Not just any story. The story.
But this is one story Carla would rather not reveal to complete strangers.
Or to herself.
A contemporary fantasy short story from Dale Hartley Emery.