Death and Redemption, Somewhere Near Tuba City
ShortStory 5,470 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources
"Elizabeth Mauldin, driving fast along the skeletal remains of Arizona’s US-89, somewhere near Tuba City, saw a far-off glint and yanked her steering wheel hard to the left. Her custom-built tow truck left the broken roadbed and plowed into the scrub, red sand rooster-tailing behind her as the eight knobby rear tires bit hard, shredding small clumps of sage-green bushes into confetti."
Content warnings 1
death
Quasar links out; the story lives on Clarkesworld, where the author gets the click.