She couldn't handle whiskey either. Or any liquor for that matter. She chose not to drink beer or wine because she didn't enjoy the taste. But probably she couldn't handle  alcohol at that amount either. Ten, twenty years ago not drinking made it difficult to make friends. These days it...

Although he drove all night, Dave was no where near falling asleep. The dark , being unable to see the details of the terrain, brought his mind to a corner of his past. Memories he had forgotten. One vivid memory was of how he had met a man named Peter.

Dave...

Why couldn't he trust Dave? They lived together now for over a year. What scared him most was his realization now, in this car ride, how little he knew about Dave. Before this road trip this had been an asset to their relationship. Don't ask too much. Don't tell. Now...

"Buy Bitcoin Here!"

The gas station beckoned you to buy bitcoin at a kiosk inside. A decade ago Max had purchased a nontrivial amount. A friend had gotten him to buy this obscure entity at what seems today an absurdly low price. At the time he was confused by it all....

A drive at night with someone you spent a lot of time with. It would reveal a lot you might not know about the other person. Driving together at night does something to make it easier to talk. About things you wouldn't discuss in the daylight.

"I had a family."

"I figured."

"I...

Receipts. Receipts. Receipts.

They left a paper trail. Detectives could find them. Trace it back to him. Once they had a visual on him, they could piece him back to The Blue Man.

This is the thought loop in Marc Love's head. It must've repeated a thousand times before lunch. He thought...

People who loved driving gas burning cars enjoyed shitting on EVs. You could only drive them a few hours and then you'd be stuck charging it. Road trips. You couldn't take them conveniently. But Max wondered, how many road trips did people even take?

He imagined having an electric car. Charging...

He woke. The dream was over. Of course. There were no trains where he lived. Everybody drove. If you couldn't afford or were unable to drive a car then you were stuck. Few years ago he could hear the car from his old bed room. The house his parents lived...

Manufacturers put scents into dish soap because research revealed that it made the washer think their dishes were getting cleaner than when using unscented soap. Technically the scents weren't required for the cleaning. Max knew this. But he still enjoyed scrubbing it into the plates. He also enjoyed wiping them...

Max prided himself from buying the one hitter from an indie smoke shop instead of a chain. It wasn't local to where he lived, but a thirty minute drive away. His mom would've been so upset had she known what he was burning all that  gas for. He never told...