Review: Fast Paced & Entertaining Short Story
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 11, 2013
Boarded up rest stops is a good place where high-school kids drink and too often get into trouble.In Mile 81, a rest stop that has been closed for a long time is where ten-year-old, Pete Simmons, goes when he knows his older brother is looking for him. Pete likes playing at the boarded up rest stop. (As a young kid, I often played paratroopers bombing my siblings with mud balls from the high bar ditches.)  Be that as it may, back to my review: Pete finds a bottle of vodka in the boarded up hamburger joint at the closed rest stop. You guessed it, the young boy just has to sample the vodka and drinks until he passes out.Soon, a mud-covered station wagon pulls into the rest stop. The driver's side door opens up, but nobody gets out. Could the owner of the station wagon be having car trouble?As luck would have it, an insurance salesman sees the station wagon. He pulls into the closed rest stop to help the driver of the station wagon. Right away, he notices there are no license plates on the station wagon.Within minutes, a guy pulling a horse trailer sees the station wagon and a Toyota 'Prius' parked at the closed rest stop. He pulls off the highway to help what he believes are stranded motorists.Pete wakes up from his vodka knockout. He is very surprised to see over a half-dozen vehicles at the boarded-up rest stop, as well as two kids and a horse. What happened to everyone else?  If you know Stephen King, then you can perceive this is going to be a thrilling, scary ride for everyone who stops at the Mile 81 rest stop. It could be a stop where they take a very long rest.Jeannie Walker - Award Winning Author - "Fighting the Devil" - A True Story of Consuming Passion, Deadly Poison, and Murder