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‘The Backhaul’ — excerpting Fred Afflerbach’s ‘The Bison & the Butterfly’ novel
This excerpt from Fred Afflerbach's new "The Bison & the Butterfly" comes from the beginning of the second big section of the book, "The Backhaul," following 70-year-old small fleet owner-operator Ubi Sunt and his teenage grandson, Jeremy, across their trek from Texas toward Jeremy's home in Philadelphia.
Read MoreThe Passenger: Part 2
Wendy Parker's Halloween fiction concludes as flatbedder Rupert, rear-ended by Cuss, a killer with a dead body in the car that Rupert has only had a suspicion of, takes matters into his own hands...
Read MoreThe Passenger: Part 1
Wendy Parker's annual piece of Halloween fiction gets under way -- what happens when a killer with his prey in his auto's passenger seat wrecks into the back of a broken-down flatbed rig? ...
Read MoreThe Barn: A Halloween tale
Perry and his Freightliner are long gone, but the barn on his widow Dara's farm holds vestiges of him, and mysteries for her young daughter, whom Perry never met -- or , as Dara finds out in this chilling story, did he?
Read MoreBe careful what you wish for: A Halloween tale
A new fictional tale for a spooky week by Overdrive's Wendy Parker. Sure, Gary was a little overweight, but with the new weight mandates for drivers coming on, his resignation wasn't quite enough to forestall desperate measures...
Read MorePerishable goods: Former driver finds himself on highway to hell
A disgraced trucker finds himself making a deal to help him climb back to the top of the trucking world, but it may be a deal he can't keep.
Read MoreDestination unknown: Bayou leaves driver searching for reality
Henry Thorson just wanted to pick up one last load in Louisiana before turning in for the night. The road leading there took him further than he thought.
Read MoreHave a nice day: An image too disturbing to shake
All she wanted was to get footage of what was scaring the poor baby raccoons in her backyard. She had no idea what she would find.
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