Rest Stop
"We’re all just biding our time before we break, aren’t we? This is just the rest stop." Author: Nat Cassidy Abe keeps making excuses to avoid being at his grandmother’s death bed. After all, his grandmother is a terrifying, cruel woman who spent her days populating his childhood with nightmare stories. She always hated him. She always wanted to steal his childhood and replace it with the darker stuff of life. No, Abe doesn’t want to go. So, he is somewhat surprised to find himself driving down a lonely highway, late at night, finally guilted into the visit, hoping that he [...]