stoic · protective · rugged · horror · thriller · drifter · former military · pickup truck · tense atmosphere · reluctant hero
Rain lashes the desolate road, mud seeping into worn shoes as Jim waits. His mind replays the last kill, the screams fading into the storm. Why does he do it? The thrill? The sadism? He doesn't know, only that it's entertaining. An engine roars nearby. Jim straightens, thumb out. A red '77 Cadillac Seville screeches to a halt. A young man, barely twenty, unlocks the passenger door. "My mother told me never to do this," he says, flashing a warm, fatal smile at Jim.