Dangerous Visions 2 by Harlan Ellison
Author:Harlan Ellison
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
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LORD RANDY, MY SON
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LORD RANDY, MY SON:
We were plunging up a dangerously twisting valley road in Madison, Indiana. The tires squealed like shoats and I cowered in a far-right corner of the front seat. It was a big car, and he continually executed four-wheel drifts around curves that sent the back wheels over the edge. I got one clear view down into the green and handsome valley in which Madison nestled as we tipped precariously, and he accelerated going into another turn. Behind us, I suddenly heard the growler of an Indiana State Trooper as his gumball machine flashed a warning red. He was coming up on us fast. The speed limit was twenty on these lunatic curves, but the lunatic behind the wheel was doing almost seventy. I was grateful for the fuzz coming up on us; I might spend the right in the slammer as unwilling accomplice to the driver, but by God I’d be alive to be arraigned. The driver could clearly see the fuzzmobile in his rear-view, but he didn’t seem to give a damn. He floored the accelerator and the big sedan surged around another curve. I think I screamed. (Most unusual for me. I used to drive a dynamite truck in North Carolina, than whose road there are none twistier, and I’m not easily shook. But aside from Norman Spinrad’s driving, I’m a good passenger, also having raced sports cars. But this time...)
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