Last Stop: Totem of Talons Short Stories, #2

By christy mann

A truck driver hauling down a lonely back road through the night fog. 

He discovers friendly parrot at a truck stop. 

What could possibly go wrong? 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Twisted Souls Press
• Release date: Oct 11, 2019
• ISBN: 9781386683919

christy mann

Hiya, I'm Christy.  I write books, am an active member of the Society for Creative Anachronism, and a proud supporter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness.  I try to write things that move people, emotionally and mentally.  I write horror with a lot of suspense, thrillers with emotional pulls all over the place, but also things that are useful like self-help, motivational, and educational.  I look foward to moving you to a better place than you were before one way or the other.  Happy Reading! 

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To James,

You will always have my love and appreciation.

Last Stop

A Totem of Talons Short

Introduction to Last Stop

This was an exciting and daunting story to write. It’s loosely based on a friend of mine.  He’s been a truck driver for a very long time, and I was fortunate enough to get to travel with him for a time. 

I was a truck driver in training for a while myself.  There was a novelty to it at first, but that wore off pretty quickly the first time I had to hit the shoulder and screech to a stop to avoid a collision. That was enough for me.

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If driving in a heavy fog is not something you relish doing in a 4-wheeler, you definitely don’t want to do it on 18 wheels. 

How quickly things can turn from rolling along just fine to Oh Shit in a big rig is astonishing.  The number of close calls a truck driver experiences on a daily basis is mind blowing. It’s a level of stress that I can’t even begin to describe in words.

I was glad to have gotten the experience, but it really was so much more pressure than I was able to handle. 

I tried to mix the combination of emotions that come with being a truck driver on a lonely road a million miles from anywhere and portray as much of it as realistically as I could. I