Something Wicked This Way Thumbs

by K. A. Williams

I knew better than to pick up a hitchhiker. But she looked so young and pretty.

I stopped the car, and she opened the passenger door.

Then I heard a laugh in my ear. A man stood at my open window pointing a gun in my face.

"You was so busy looking at Sherry, you never noticed me hiding in the ditch. Get out of the car. Now!"

I did and watched them drive away.

Of course what they didn't know was that I was a hitchhiker, too, and had stolen the car myself. Its owner was in the trunk.

“Something Wicked This Way Thumbs” was originally published in 2021 in Trembling With Fear.

K. A. Williams lives in North Carolina and writes speculative, mystery/crime, general fiction, and poetry. Over 250 stories and poems have appeared in many magazines, including Yellow Mama, Black Petals, Mysterical-E, Aphelion, and The Sirens Call.

She now has a Facebook page where you can read some of her stories and follow links to her self-published ebooks.

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100088596555838&mibextid=ZbWKwL

Apart from writing, K. A. enjoys music (mostly '70s and '80s rock), CYOA and word games.