Skidmark and Mudbeam

I feel like this story is a cousin to my earlier story, Visions of Suburban Bliss, which deals with city life in a slightly different way. I remember coming up with the idea for this story on my daily walks as I slipped away from my office job in the Research Triangle Park in North Carolina.

This story was first published here as part of Free Fiction Friday, UnWrecked Press, July 2011. It was reprinted in UnWrecked Tales, July 2018.

Skidmark and Mudbeam

Kirk had to get out. He’d made a promise ...